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Forum: Tech Log
1st Aug 2011, 23:39
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

xcitation

Trouble is you (and others) are looking at this with the benefit of hindsight, aka "Monday morning quarter backing".

These guys were on the edge or beyond it and they had very little time to...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jun 2011, 13:37
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

You're probably preaching to the choir - I...

You're probably preaching to the choir - I suspect many of the older generation of airline pilots here have taught aeros and/or basic combat manouevering at some point in their career and, many, for...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Jun 2011, 08:06
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

Mike-B

I was going to say "ouch" but on second thoughts I take it you mean "clueless as to what it was doing"?
Forum: Tech Log
4th Jun 2011, 05:30
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

No, and especially not since the introduction of...

No, and especially not since the introduction of Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) airspace over a lot of the world.
Forum: Tech Log
1st Jun 2011, 19:54
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

It could equally have been a pragmatic approach...

It could equally have been a pragmatic approach to getting out of GIG in the first place. I haven't seen the performance figures for the flight but they may not have been able to lift the planned...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Jun 2011, 19:13
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

Guys.... a little knowledge is a dangerous thing:...

Guys.... a little knowledge is a dangerous thing:

Saturn





Why are you claiming they're "jumping ahead on a frequency"? They are talking about their datalink or CPDLC / ADS, not radios....
Forum: Tech Log
1st Jun 2011, 16:36
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

Not sure I understand that comment Saturn - Are...

Not sure I understand that comment Saturn - Are you suggesting they should have maintained a continuous listening watch on HF...?

I do agree with Yaw String - we all need to help each other via...
Forum: Tech Log
31st May 2011, 20:07
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

A colleague of mine brought a 744 back to Europe...

A colleague of mine brought a 744 back to Europe from South America on the very same night as AF447, on one of the parallel airways if I recall his account correctly. He had 10,000 plus on 744s, a...
Forum: Tech Log
31st May 2011, 18:32
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

You're right, that's frightening.

You're right, that's frightening.
Forum: Tech Log
31st May 2011, 17:36
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

Not really, as I think has been mentioned earlier...

Not really, as I think has been mentioned earlier in the thread if it's pure timing we're questioning here then if the Captain had "second break" the timing makes sense.

On the broader issue of...
Forum: Tech Log
28th May 2011, 17:50
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

Two's In

Agree with you entirely when you mention cognitive dissonance - it's involved somewhere.

From what I've heard :ok: until you've been involved in an aircraft coming "unglued" you have no idea how...
Forum: Tech Log
27th May 2011, 17:23
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

Thing is we now know in hindsight that the...

Thing is we now know in hindsight that the altimeters and VSI were ( apparently) working correctly so full stall recovery is a "no brainer" to us, right? But the AF crew had already lost IAS and...
Forum: Tech Log
25th May 2011, 11:58
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

Um, as an aside if you're talking about A330 size...

Um, as an aside if you're talking about A330 size such as the AF aircraft hitting windshear then the G/S will tend to remain the same initially ( due to the "heavy's" momentum ) but there will be a...
Forum: Tech Log
25th May 2011, 09:17
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

fendant:

FWIW and from a Boeing POV - Indicated Airspeed (IAS) on the Primary Flight displays (T-panel in old money) is from the pitots..

GPS ground speed and/or Inertially derived ground speed is usually...
Forum: Tech Log
18th May 2011, 12:38
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

vee-tail-1

Ah well, that's it decided, why bother with the investigation?

Do we as yet know there were in a "storm" (sic.)

Flying at night - hardly pilot error.

Dodgy speed sensors - hardly pilot...
Forum: Tech Log
16th May 2011, 20:33
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,658
Posted By wiggy

From Le Figaro website just a few minutes ago. It...

From Le Figaro website just a few minutes ago. It would appear someone is leaking or spinning that Airbus are in the clear.
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