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Forum: Military Aviation
18th May 2020, 04:20
Replies: 283
Views: 204,052
Posted By Flight Alloy

Any amount of negative vertical speed can...

Any amount of negative vertical speed can overcome even the newest 0/0 seats. A certain envelope must be fulfilled in order for the seats to have a chance of working successfully. It seems control...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jan 2020, 22:52
Replies: 89
Views: 52,842
Posted By Flight Alloy

I'm quite certain in the current situation Boeing...

I'm quite certain in the current situation Boeing is happy to have any large company with cash on hand to spend be associated with it...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Jan 2020, 22:48
Replies: 73
Views: 26,865
Posted By Flight Alloy

LQ877 JAN26 out of Wuhan?

Does anyone have any info about flight LQ877, departed Wuhan for Siem Reap on JAN26 01:17 CST? It shows valid ADS-B data but doesn't show on airport arrivals site. I thought all flights out of WUH...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Nov 2019, 12:11
Replies: 86
Views: 73,274
Posted By Flight Alloy

The ring main system sounds like it has some...

The ring main system sounds like it has some controlability at every station, does it have extra plugs for medical masks and manual activation valves for such uses?
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Nov 2019, 16:59
Replies: 86
Views: 73,274
Posted By Flight Alloy

Fully agreed in the case you specify here. That's...

Fully agreed in the case you specify here. That's why I specifically stated in my case a continuous flow over-pressure mask that would pressurize the lungs, as to illustrate the fact that both 'lung...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Nov 2019, 15:31
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,674
Posted By Flight Alloy

Devil The circle of life or how I stopped worrying about the greenbacks

It's difficult to understand? How about you are a manager or decision maker at the FAA, earning decent federal employee pay and benefits. The previous FAA commissioner who just 'retired' just joined...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Nov 2019, 13:41
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,674
Posted By Flight Alloy

This is the pinnacle of 'too big to fail' and...

This is the pinnacle of 'too big to fail' and 'easier to ask for forgiveness than to get permission'. They rush planes to completion that are massively out of specification even withing their already...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Nov 2019, 09:45
Replies: 86
Views: 73,274
Posted By Flight Alloy

That comes out to about 19mbar, a fairly high...

That comes out to about 19mbar, a fairly high setting from what I have read, but still only amounts to 2% over ambient pressure. Just goes to show how 'sensitive' ones lungs are and how accustomed we...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Nov 2019, 03:18
Replies: 86
Views: 73,274
Posted By Flight Alloy

Thanks for the tip.The medical journal Thorax, ...

Thanks for the tip.The medical journal Thorax,

gives a CPAP average treatment pressure of 7.8mbar above atmospheric, which comes out to around 0.8% above ambient pressure. I wouldn't exactly call...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Nov 2019, 03:04
Replies: 86
Views: 73,274
Posted By Flight Alloy

Peter, thanks for putting some numbers to our...

Peter, thanks for putting some numbers to our claims, it makes determining fact from fiction objective as it should be. Some documentation I found, Hypoxia an Invisible 'Enemy Cabin depressurization...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Nov 2019, 19:56
Replies: 86
Views: 73,274
Posted By Flight Alloy

No mask can work as a 'pressurized' mask, aka...

No mask can work as a 'pressurized' mask, aka delivering more pressure to the lungs than ambient, as without a pressure suit, the lungs and their muscles have very little capacity to breathe/pump...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Nov 2019, 12:33
Replies: 50
Views: 38,137
Posted By Flight Alloy

Agree to disagree. I concur with your idea that...

Agree to disagree. I concur with your idea that more serious incidents exist, and that 'this' one is not necessarily notable, so I desist in any further claims. It just irks me that some people think...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Nov 2019, 06:50
Replies: 50
Views: 38,137
Posted By Flight Alloy

Even worse as far as stability is concerned....

Even worse as far as stability is concerned. Seeing that the seats were available to El Al frequent flyers for a fairly low number of miles, and as far as I know joining the program requires no...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Nov 2019, 04:23
Replies: 42
Views: 34,990
Posted By Flight Alloy

I guess he was betting on the transponder still...

I guess he was betting on the transponder still being in standby?
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Nov 2019, 04:18
Replies: 50
Views: 38,137
Posted By Flight Alloy

A cool marketing exercise no doubt, but how was...

A cool marketing exercise no doubt, but how was this legal: in the piece the journalist/blogger talks about the flight being open cockpit, him seemingly in the jumpseat through most of the flight,...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Nov 2019, 17:18
Replies: 86
Views: 73,274
Posted By Flight Alloy

Here is a link to the original STORY...

Here is a link to the original STORY...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Nov 2019, 17:04
Replies: 86
Views: 73,274
Posted By Flight Alloy

Oh I think you misunderstood my intention with...

Oh I think you misunderstood my intention with that statement. I just wanted to illustrate why deleterious effects from non functioning O2 masks seam quite rare, and why airlines aren't 'up in arms'...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Nov 2019, 15:15
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,785,674
Posted By Flight Alloy

One question if anyone could answer, is there a...

One question if anyone could answer, is there a flight regime where the electric trim motors/their gear train would not have had the power to further manipulate the stab? Seeing how great the forces...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Nov 2019, 12:53
Replies: 86
Views: 73,274
Posted By Flight Alloy

No system based on single use chemical oxygen...

No system based on single use chemical oxygen generators or pyrotechnic valves will undergo a 'functional check', meaning an actual check of delivering oxygen in an emergency situation. By functional...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Nov 2019, 00:42
Replies: 86
Views: 73,274
Posted By Flight Alloy

Nope, 787 uses O2 bottles both for flight deck...

Nope, 787 uses O2 bottles both for flight deck and cabin oxygen systems. Each 3 seat group shares one oxygen bottle in the bulkhead overhead, fired by a pyrotechnic valve when operated. These valves,...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2019, 03:25
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,612,833
Posted By Flight Alloy

Reports radar absorbing coating will need a depot...

Reports radar absorbing coating will need a depot level service after the spraydown.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Oct 2019, 20:00
Replies: 42
Views: 38,682
Posted By Flight Alloy

Of all the 'professional' people on this board,...

Of all the 'professional' people on this board, pray tell where would one hide such a device in the lav? The size of an iPhone would be realistic, plus some kind of mount, even be it double sided...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Oct 2019, 22:10
Replies: 63
Views: 98,761
Posted By Flight Alloy

Would the plane be capable to taxiing over the...

Would the plane be capable to taxiing over the solidly frozen ground without any damage?
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Aug 2019, 20:47
Replies: 179
Views: 280,421
Posted By Flight Alloy

Any source on the CVR being erased already? Or...

Any source on the CVR being erased already? Or since the plane went back into ops is had been overwrote? Does EASA not go straight to the plane and pull the data when an illegal fuel landing is...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
28th Aug 2019, 18:01
Replies: 21
Views: 18,584
Posted By Flight Alloy

Is there any warning or prediction system that...

Is there any warning or prediction system that can be mounted to smaller planes that can detect initial windshear/downdraft events and allow a larger margin for any escape maneuvers?
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
28th Aug 2019, 01:35
Replies: 21
Views: 18,584
Posted By Flight Alloy

Alps composer plane crash

With the BBC reporting today, Jonathan Goldstein and his family were involved in a fatal plane crash in the Alps yesterday. A very unfortunate piece of news, as this was one of the most energetic...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Aug 2019, 23:03
Replies: 12
Views: 8,148
Posted By Flight Alloy

A possible fuel contamination issue is being...

A possible fuel contamination issue is being reported locally, a leak in the pumping main meaning ground water and silt may have entered the system downstream of the filtration unit. Will post any...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Aug 2019, 19:36
Replies: 21
Views: 19,819
Posted By Flight Alloy

I wonder how dangerous the disintegrating fan...

I wonder how dangerous the disintegrating fan blades would be in the case of a water ditching?
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Jul 2019, 14:50
Replies: 19
Views: 8,854
Posted By Flight Alloy

Has anyone been able to identify what system this...

Has anyone been able to identify what system this was from? SMAW maybe?
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