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Forum: Tech Log
19th Apr 2024, 18:48
Replies: 47
Views: 3,409
Posted By pattern_is_full

A flight-simmers manual? Seriously? :eek: ...

A flight-simmers manual? Seriously? :eek:



http://aergesengineering.com/index.php/about-us/​​​​​​​

And translated from Dassault's original (again, from the last century) into English by -...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Apr 2024, 07:23
Replies: 47
Views: 3,409
Posted By pattern_is_full

Sorry, boys - to impress me in 2024, you'll have...

Sorry, boys - to impress me in 2024, you'll have to come up with something better than 1932 (ffs) engineering language. :=

Let's try:...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Apr 2024, 18:10
Replies: 47
Views: 3,409
Posted By pattern_is_full

Can't really add much to MechEngr's perfect...

Can't really add much to MechEngr's perfect explanation, except a couple of polishing details.

1) Most aircraft wings are installed with a slight positive "angle of incidence." That is, the line...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
9th Apr 2024, 00:51
Replies: 75
Views: 25,402
Posted By pattern_is_full

Really? Where? SWA does not operate any...

Really? Where?

SWA does not operate any aircraft type except 737 variants (to maintain system-wide crew compatability).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_fleet
...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Apr 2024, 08:16
Replies: 18
Views: 6,174
Posted By pattern_is_full

I'm not sure of your terminology - I was thinking...

I'm not sure of your terminology - I was thinking of regular Airbus alpha (angle of attack) protection. No matter how hard/far the pilot pulls on the joystick, the computer will not allow too high an...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Apr 2024, 04:29
Replies: 18
Views: 6,174
Posted By pattern_is_full

Hmmm - and I thought "settling with power" only...

Hmmm - and I thought "settling with power" only happened with rotorcraft.

I seem to see a slight decrease in pitch attitude just before the settling, which suggests to me either a momentary lapse...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Apr 2024, 04:11
Replies: 26
Views: 9,420
Posted By pattern_is_full

With you expert local knowledge :ok: - are the...

With you expert local knowledge :ok: - are the white hatched lines ///// on the south-corner tarmac of 325 (adjoining 323) there specifically as a guide/warning for pushbacks in that troublesome...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Apr 2024, 19:47
Replies: 26
Views: 9,420
Posted By pattern_is_full

Ahh - empty Virgin 787. That answers a question...

Ahh - empty Virgin 787. That answers a question that arose in my mind. The 787 is pointed the wrong way for an aircraft being pushed back to actually depart with pax - it is nose-first into the ramp...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Apr 2024, 19:34
Replies: 26
Views: 9,420
Posted By pattern_is_full

The aircraft, at the point the picture was taken,...

The aircraft, at the point the picture was taken, is nowhere near any centre line. However, when being towed, the tug attaches to the nose-wheel - and does all the steering. Cockpit has no control....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Apr 2024, 02:08
Replies: 4
Views: 1,893
Posted By pattern_is_full

Uggh! With the limited information available...

Uggh!

With the limited information available so far - maybe caught in a severe downdraft, as the strong and gusty westerly winds dropped into the 1200-foot-deep gorge underlying the approach to 25...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2024, 06:46
Replies: 16
Views: 5,740
Posted By pattern_is_full

First, maybe - probably not last. And Emirates...

First, maybe - probably not last. And Emirates (and Chinese airlines) may well get the same treatment soon, for paying Russian (or Iranian) fees in violation of the economic sanctions there.
...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
17th Feb 2024, 19:35
Replies: 28
Views: 10,616
Posted By pattern_is_full

One does have to bring one's A++-game to...

One does have to bring one's A++-game to Courchevel - every time! The "St. Barts of the Alps."
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Feb 2024, 18:54
Replies: 27
Views: 13,960
Posted By pattern_is_full

According to whom? It is certainly the case...

According to whom?

It is certainly the case that no-one has to import Boeing (or other US) products, if they don't like the strings attached. But (to use your words) the buyers cannot have it both...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Feb 2024, 08:39
Replies: 27
Views: 13,960
Posted By pattern_is_full

Any aircraft of US manufacture (or aircraft that...

Any aircraft of US manufacture (or aircraft that contains at least 25% US content) that is exported to another country, and which may contain certain technologies having national security...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Feb 2024, 07:51
Replies: 27
Views: 13,960
Posted By pattern_is_full

Ennnh - the closest airport to the flight origin...

Ennnh - the closest airport to the flight origin that is:

- On US territory
- 747-capable
- physically remote, not just in km/miles, but also surrounded by swampland and its denizens (snakes and...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jan 2024, 02:57
Replies: 704
Views: 195,901
Posted By pattern_is_full

I always thought it was "The Last Supper"...... ...

I always thought it was "The Last Supper"......

Short version, if the link can't be read: Clinton's Defense Dept. invited the heads of the aerospace defense contractors to a dinner in 1993, where...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Jan 2024, 16:36
Replies: 704
Views: 195,901
Posted By pattern_is_full

Yes - I asked that also. A retired Boeing...

Yes - I asked that also.

A retired Boeing engineer here (tdracer) explained (my very rough summary) that the 757 was designed in and for a different economy (the 1980s). A very expensive aircraft...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Jan 2024, 19:19
Replies: 41
Views: 19,754
Posted By pattern_is_full

C'mon, guys! ATC is asking for your FOB so...

C'mon, guys!

ATC is asking for your FOB so they have an idea of just how large an "improvised explosive device" you are now flying - should the worst happen.

Unless the MAYDAY is specifically a...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Jan 2024, 05:46
Replies: 41
Views: 19,754
Posted By pattern_is_full

I always thought the "fuel on board" request...

I always thought the "fuel on board" request after a MAYDAY related to planning the firefighting response at the airport (or elsewhere). Not "endurance" as such.

- What's the worst-case fire we...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jan 2024, 07:33
Replies: 73
Views: 28,289
Posted By pattern_is_full

"The situation started moving away from...

"The situation started moving away from professional," and changed the tone, when the Longboat pilot chose not to simply get off the runway when able, and starting trying to explain something on a...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2024, 02:37
Replies: 10,325
Views: 4,608,973
Posted By pattern_is_full

Yaaah... Russia isn't the only place prone to...

Yaaah... Russia isn't the only place prone to "mice with matches."

Doubt there was anything of military value there - nothing "cooked off," and it is so socked in by other buildings that the only...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Nov 2023, 19:30
Replies: 10,325
Views: 4,608,973
Posted By pattern_is_full

I imagine every sensible security professional...

I imagine every sensible security professional around the globe has been (or should have been) asking themselves the same question over the past year and a half.

From the ones at the top of...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2023, 19:38
Replies: 10,325
Views: 4,608,973
Posted By pattern_is_full

You mean like today's German military jets "still...

You mean like today's German military jets "still wearing" the Eisernes Kreuz of the Kaiserreich (WW1)?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Unknown_Jagdstaffel.jpg
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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
8th Nov 2023, 20:07
Replies: 3
Views: 2,233
Posted By pattern_is_full

Not a lot of clarity here (yet). Was the RTO...

Not a lot of clarity here (yet).

Was the RTO aircraft-induced (config warning, other problem) or ATC-induced?

The RYR appears to have been on about 3.5-mile final when AFR entered the runway...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Oct 2023, 05:05
Replies: 21
Views: 8,088
Posted By pattern_is_full

Aft end of junction between empennage and...

Aft end of junction between empennage and fuelage.

Video has a bit of post-event ATC also, in which the departing pilot seems to believe he had been cleared for take-off - since he complains to...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
24th Oct 2023, 18:44
Replies: 35
Views: 14,586
Posted By pattern_is_full

I assume your avatar name is just - coincidental...

I assume your avatar name is just - coincidental - to this event? Looks like this A321 may have a sore bum now. ;)

Anyway, I will be interested to see just what happened here, if the NTSB...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Oct 2023, 19:10
Replies: 120
Views: 68,305
Posted By pattern_is_full

**sigh** - sometimes folks can't take the strain,...

**sigh** - sometimes folks can't take the strain, and crack. Glad his cockpit mates were on the ball. :ok:

https://heavy.com/news/joseph-david-emerson/
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Oct 2023, 18:13
Replies: 52
Views: 19,560
Posted By pattern_is_full

Compromised hydraulics hose and alternate gear...

Compromised hydraulics hose and alternate gear control wiring - quite the holes (literally) in the cheese.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Oct 2023, 00:13
Replies: 462
Views: 131,328
Posted By pattern_is_full

Certainly - IF one knows the attack is coming,...

Certainly - IF one knows the attack is coming, and is prepared.

This was a coordinated multi-prong (air, sea, land) surprise assault in force - at dawn - in parallel with heavy rocket fire (which...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th Oct 2023, 15:24
Replies: 28
Views: 5,347
Posted By pattern_is_full

Blancolirio on three fatal GA accidents this past...

Blancolirio on three fatal GA accidents this past weekend - Lake Placid accident is #2, starting at ~03:30 in the video.

Mostly posting because his analysis seems to contradict everything I posted...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Oct 2023, 15:28
Replies: 28
Views: 5,347
Posted By pattern_is_full

That may be understimating the roughness of the...

That may be understimating the roughness of the terrain, at this airport in the Adirondack Mountains.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2023, 05:10
Replies: 84
Views: 25,634
Posted By pattern_is_full

It would be interesting to know what phraseology...

It would be interesting to know what phraseology they used in the cockpit of that flight - that didn't transmit on the RT. :oh:

"*^%$%^&*(!!"
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Aug 2023, 07:10
Replies: 5
Views: 2,504
Posted By pattern_is_full

Hmmm, indeed. Damaged on slat retraction after a...

Hmmm, indeed. Damaged on slat retraction after a previous landing?

There was a 738 that caught fire due to a retracting slat punching a loose bolt into the fuel tank behind, dripping fuel onto a...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Aug 2023, 06:58
Replies: 5
Views: 2,504
Posted By pattern_is_full

Well, whatever it was (and however large), it...

Well, whatever it was (and however large), it could have simply slid outboard along the swept wing leading edge (like a finger along a carving knife - OUCH!), ripping stuff up as it went...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
22nd Aug 2023, 06:36
Replies: 65
Views: 19,582
Posted By pattern_is_full

Looks like they are simple single-function...

Looks like they are simple single-function starter-energizer buttons - without any "stop" function. The only label on them is START 1 2

Jump to about 1:40 in the video.
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