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Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jun 2018, 01:52
Replies: 61
Views: 18,885
Posted By xaf2fe

"He didn't declare an emergency." Well,...

"He didn't declare an emergency."

Well, yeah he did, but before our European friends get all upset, here's the deal;

Over here in the colonies we never used "Mayday," we have always said we...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Sep 2015, 14:53
Replies: 746
Views: 792,845
Posted By xaf2fe

The Wind???

.


And then what are you going to do? Take some more valuable time to move the airplane again? :ugh:

Come on people. The wind in Las Vegas was nearly calm. The last wind I heard on the tower...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Sep 2015, 00:25
Replies: 746
Views: 792,845
Posted By xaf2fe

Not a brake fire

They didn't report it as a brake fire mainly because it isn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stsMzxKrr6Q

Put this video up and you can clearly see the left engine is on fire. The landing gear...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jun 2015, 23:26
Replies: 44
Views: 22,991
Posted By xaf2fe

They did

Used to, but I think it was an idea from the airline's safety dept, not The Friendly Aviation Agency.

Back in the 60s/70s when Air West was flying, every AW call sign ended in "Red" to avoid...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2015, 15:55
Replies: 107
Views: 97,209
Posted By xaf2fe

Here's the AP story: The headline says...

Here's the AP story:

The headline says "Plane skids off runway in Japan; about 20 injured"


TOKYO (AP) — An Asiana Airlines plane skidded off a runway Tuesday after landing in western Japan,...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Nov 2013, 12:13
Replies: 310
Views: 176,934
Posted By xaf2fe

The 787 wings are built in Nagoya, Japan, and the...

The 787 wings are built in Nagoya, Japan, and the fuselage in Grottaglie, Italy. The Dreamlifter was built to bring these assemblies to Seattle and Charleston for final assembly. Almost all...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jun 2012, 12:37
Replies: 132
Views: 59,531
Posted By xaf2fe

Question I was always told that if the Max Landing weight...

I was always told that if the Max Landing weight is less than or equal to the Max Takeoff Weight a Fuel Dump system is not required. But if the MLW is less than MTOW then a Fuel Dump system is...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
26th Jan 2011, 06:17
Replies: 12
Views: 3,934
Posted By xaf2fe

How about this headline on AOL: Qantas...

How about this headline on AOL:

Qantas Flight Loses Pressure, Plummets 26,000 Feet

Oxygen masks were deployed and passengers were panicked after a Qantas flight traveling from Adelaide to...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2010, 03:04
Replies: 731
Views: 549,200
Posted By xaf2fe

Local Paper says two minutes after takeoff

According to the local paper here in Dubai, The Khaleej Times, Saturday, Sept 4:

Both crew dead as UPS jumbo crashes near Emirates Road.

A major disaster was averted by the pilots of a UPS...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Jan 2010, 14:29
Replies: 85
Views: 31,612
Posted By xaf2fe

UA landing at Newark

Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Newark Airport
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A plane made a rough landing at Newark Liberty Airport after experiencing landing gear problems.

United Airlines flight...
Forum: Freight Dogs
9th Dec 2008, 01:25
Replies: 32
Views: 12,755
Posted By xaf2fe

Cool and which one can load outsized cargo through the...

and which one can load outsized cargo through the nose?

Oh yeah, that would be the 747. :ok:
Forum: Freight Dogs
20th Sep 2008, 01:55
Replies: 18
Views: 4,135
Posted By xaf2fe

Saw another in Hong Kong a couple of weeks ago.

Saw another in Hong Kong a couple of weeks ago.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Aug 2008, 09:33
Replies: 2,686
Views: 1,141,652
Posted By xaf2fe

Nigel, if you are referring to NW 255 in Detroit...

Nigel, if you are referring to NW 255 in Detroit on Aug 16, 87 your facts are incorrect.

From the NTSB accident brief:

NORTHWEST FLT 255 (NW255) CRASHED AFTER TAKEOFF FM RWY 3C AT DETROIT METRO...
Forum: Freight Dogs
7th Jun 2008, 19:53
Replies: 19
Views: 1,563
Posted By xaf2fe

Cool I believe you mean 2 of our 200s and our...

I believe you mean 2 of our 200s and our remaining 300 had #2 and #3 Reserve tanks, but they were deactivated and sealed.

Classics did not have tail fuel, but #2 and #3 reserve tanks were an...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Nov 2006, 21:04
Replies: 210
Views: 123,300
Posted By xaf2fe

They did, but not for a procedures trainer, they...

They did, but not for a procedures trainer, they did it for a software upgrade lab.
6/6/2006 - ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. �(AFPN) -- Now that the C-141 Starlifter has officially retired after 43...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Aug 2006, 03:03
Replies: 27
Views: 12,253
Posted By xaf2fe

Cool A lot of AMC trips are one way, with no return...

A lot of AMC trips are one way, with no return cargo. In this case the airplane is ferried from the end of it's AMC trip in Nairobi to it's next operating trip for Atlas in Hong Kong. AMC picks up...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Aug 2006, 03:33
Replies: 41
Views: 15,874
Posted By xaf2fe

Hot flight

Post reporter experiences tense United flight
By Jeffrey Leib, Denver Post Staff Writer
For more than three hours late Monday afternoon, before boarding more than 200 passengers on...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2003, 15:13
Replies: 90
Views: 31,365
Posted By xaf2fe

BBC World is reporting it as a US Airways...

BBC World is reporting it as a US Airways Commutter jet, but once in the report refered to the plane as a turboprop.

The Washington reporter, Ms Katty Kay, said twice in one report that "there is...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jul 2002, 04:20
Replies: 60
Views: 29,680
Posted By xaf2fe

Here's the local paper with a photo. ...

Here's the local paper with a photo.


http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/3740826.htm
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
30th Jun 2002, 00:55
Replies: 82
Views: 36,900
Posted By xaf2fe

Question That is an excellent photograph, but it looks...

That is an excellent photograph, but it looks like this photo was taken before the incident in question.

The credit says it was taken on 18 June. When was the incident?
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