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Forum: Rumours & News
1st Dec 2016, 16:28
Replies: 1,096
Views: 1,234,237
Posted By meekmok

From the flight plan: EET 4 hrs 22 mins ...

From the flight plan:
EET 4 hrs 22 mins
Endurance 4 hrs 22 mins

no problem there....
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Nov 2016, 17:02
Replies: 1,096
Views: 1,234,237
Posted By meekmok

From the helicopter video footage, it looks like...

From the helicopter video footage, it looks like it crashed right next to the Rionegro VOR. Could he of been trying to (steeply) descend to that VOR, thinking it was at the end of the runway...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Jan 2016, 13:00
Replies: 44
Views: 14,984
Posted By meekmok

So what g forces are the passengers subjected to...

So what g forces are the passengers subjected to when the cabin is ejected into the airstream and it starts tumbling end over end?
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Dec 2015, 11:23
Replies: 75
Views: 31,862
Posted By meekmok

Surely millions of flight hours now. The...

Surely millions of flight hours now. The original ETOPS certification back in the 80's was based on a world fleet in-service experience of 250,000 hours...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Sep 2015, 06:51
Replies: 746
Views: 788,307
Posted By meekmok

"Parts of the engine's high pressure compressor...

"Parts of the engine's high pressure compressor were found on the runway"


British Airways fire investigators: Engine failed, pieces found on runway - CNN.com...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Oct 2014, 11:45
Replies: 127
Views: 95,580
Posted By meekmok

Globally Challanged, please use proper...

Globally Challanged, please use proper terminology. It's not an elevator, it's a "rear wing" :rolleyes:
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
16th May 2014, 10:43
Replies: 25
Views: 7,488
Posted By meekmok

Especially how everyone was "weightless" however...

Especially how everyone was "weightless" however the coffeepot somehow defied the weightlessness and crashed to the floor....
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Apr 2014, 21:20
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,197,876
Posted By meekmok

100,000 was to retrofit a cloud streaming black...

100,000 was to retrofit a cloud streaming black box, which have already been designed and are in service, not for detachable black boxes. Detachable black boxes would be much more (structural...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Mar 2014, 14:05
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,197,876
Posted By meekmok

Descending at 10,912 feet/min into the ocean is...

Descending at 10,912 feet/min into the ocean is not a heavy impact????
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 11:54
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,197,876
Posted By meekmok

To me, this is looking more and more like a...

To me, this is looking more and more like a Helios event, where the aircraft entered a hold for hours on a waypoint above the Malacca strait with no one conscious at the controls... My guess is the...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Feb 2014, 12:28
Replies: 50
Views: 39,398
Posted By meekmok

I would imagine the cost of retrofitting video...

I would imagine the cost of retrofitting video cameras (or even designing in on new planes) would outweigh the cost from these relatively rare events.

I would also question how effective the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Sep 2013, 08:57
Replies: 4,104
Views: 2,536,953
Posted By meekmok

The article clearly states they got drunk once...

The article clearly states they got drunk once onboard. So the question should be, why don't they put purchased duty free in the checked baggage to be collected at the destination? Surely the extra...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
19th Jul 2013, 12:21
Replies: 1,150
Views: 725,329
Posted By meekmok

25 degrees C is baking? The 787 underwent flight...

25 degrees C is baking? The 787 underwent flight testing in Phoenix and Yuma, where it would of been 45+ every day.
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
6th Jun 2013, 11:01
Replies: 44
Views: 46,715
Posted By meekmok

A 0.5 kg payload on a weather balloon hitting the...

A 0.5 kg payload on a weather balloon hitting the radome at 500 knots would have roughly the same kinetic energy as a 200kg motorbike hitting it at 30 miles per hour.

I have no idea if a 0.5 kg...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Nov 2012, 21:18
Replies: 71
Views: 14,889
Posted By meekmok

According to the FAA database, the threshold is...

According to the FAA database, the threshold is displaced 400 feet.
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Sep 2012, 09:05
Replies: 78
Views: 48,394
Posted By meekmok

Reminds me of this: ...

Reminds me of this:

http://www.talkingproud.us/Military/B52%20No%20Tail/files/b52notail.jpg
Forum: Rumours & News
19th May 2012, 13:56
Replies: 727
Views: 617,180
Posted By meekmok

Certainly he had passengers on board. Tex even...

Certainly he had passengers on board. Tex even says so: "One of my test engineers ... snapped a picture"
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
18th May 2012, 12:55
Replies: 1,860
Views: 540,615
Posted By meekmok

Ah, yes, lightning does cause accidents, quite a...

Ah, yes, lightning does cause accidents, quite a few actually....

1980 -- Kuwait Air Force KAF317
1988 --- Nürnberger Flugdienst flight 108
1995 -- Bristow Flight 56C
2000 -- Wuhan Airlines...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jun 2009, 20:45
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,283,146
Posted By meekmok

Really? I'll remember to bring my parachute next...

Really? I'll remember to bring my parachute next time I lose an engine on a twin since it can't possibly retain stable flight with one engine.
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jun 2009, 20:32
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,283,146
Posted By meekmok

Ah, probably the same people who decided to put...

Ah, probably the same people who decided to put two identical engines from the same manufacturer on the airplane....
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Jan 2008, 14:53
Replies: 61
Views: 43,838
Posted By meekmok

This episode puts the knee-jerk reaction of the...

This episode puts the knee-jerk reaction of the US Congress proposing to arm airline pilots with guns in a whole new light.....
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jan 2008, 15:38
Replies: 307
Views: 182,321
Posted By meekmok

And that will prove exactly .... nothing. If you...

And that will prove exactly .... nothing. If you were to take a look at all the phone and laptop logs of all the passengers going into Heathrow for a given day/week/month, you'd probably find...
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