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Forum: Tech Log
6th Jul 2011, 06:15
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,291
Posted By Graybeard

Back to the PFD illustration. Is there any...

Back to the PFD illustration. Is there any evidence the altitude display had been removed as shown?
Forum: Tech Log
29th Jun 2011, 14:02
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,291
Posted By Graybeard

Excellent post, Ian. Due to the Ecam alerts and...

Excellent post, Ian. Due to the Ecam alerts and warnings, I doubt the PNF was watching what the PF was doing. There was no possible peripheral perception of a yoke moving, unlike non-AB aircraft.
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Forum: Tech Log
29th Jun 2011, 02:12
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,291
Posted By Graybeard

Yes, different cultures. I'd wager there is a...

Yes, different cultures. I'd wager there is a lot higher percentage of Boeing designers flying small aircraft on the weekends.
Forum: Tech Log
28th Jun 2011, 17:38
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,291
Posted By Graybeard

At the weekly Old Bold Pilots breakfast this...

At the weekly Old Bold Pilots breakfast this morning, I asked the guy who was cognizant engineer on the stall warning computers for the DC-9 and MD-80. He was incredulous that the A330 Stall Warning...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Jun 2011, 03:29
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,291
Posted By Graybeard

DW: What design change? Are you still hung...

DW:

What design change? Are you still hung up with your misinformation that the Birgenair Capt didn't have an AIR DATA: NORM/ALT switch on the panel in front of his left knee? That switch was...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jun 2011, 09:25
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,291
Posted By Graybeard

TCAS Fail

Thanks, Cogsim:


Loss of Mode C results in TCAS Off, not TCAS Fail.

I can only conclude the BEA reporting is inaccurate.
Forum: Tech Log
19th Jun 2011, 11:42
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,291
Posted By Graybeard

Was the PNF possibly too...

Was the PNF possibly too busy/engrossed/distracted with pages of ECAM warnings and alerts to notice what the plane was doing?
Forum: Tech Log
19th Jun 2011, 00:02
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,291
Posted By Graybeard

Invisible Thunderstorms

Dozy:

What is the context of your question?

Was it that the AF pilots didn't receive adequate training in use of their Wx radar?

Was it that AF didn't upgrade to the latest radar that...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Jun 2011, 19:36
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,291
Posted By Graybeard

Deficient Documentary

Dozy:

I just want to repeat that documentary was rubbish. Just reading the pilot's guide for the Wx radar on 447 would have given them real info about the radar capabilities. Instead, they went...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Jun 2011, 14:38
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,291
Posted By Graybeard

Wing Aero

In all these pages, I have seen no mention of the basic airfoil of the A330. It's probably some version of supercritical, correct? What is its stall behavior?
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jun 2011, 17:47
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,291
Posted By Graybeard

747 WW

I was told the first 25 747-400 were built with wire wrap interconnects, and they had to run them all back through the factory to change them.
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