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Forum: Tech Log
31st Jul 2011, 04:54
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Watch out--SSG V 1.0 thru 9.0, the fickle finger...

Watch out--SSG V 1.0 thru 9.0, the fickle finger is now over here telling us how stupid everyone in aviation is, himself excluded, of course. Apparently, single-pilot Citation drivers (Slow-tation)...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Jun 2011, 22:04
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Noise, high rates of fuel consumption, mostly. ...

Noise, high rates of fuel consumption, mostly.

GF
Forum: Tech Log
29th Jan 2011, 18:57
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Just visited F-BVFA at the Udvar-Hazy Museum near...

Just visited F-BVFA at the Udvar-Hazy Museum near Dulles airport. In nice condition, indoors but sadly, no interior viewing. The Conc at Boeing's Museum in Seattle allows interior tour, but sadly...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Dec 2010, 21:05
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Would that be The Bell Inn in Stilton? Wonderful...

Would that be The Bell Inn in Stilton? Wonderful memories when downroute at RAF Alconbury.

GF
Forum: Tech Log
20th Dec 2010, 00:29
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Good question, Brian. Reminds of the A-10 joke...

Good question, Brian. Reminds of the A-10 joke when I flew it--remove the throttles and install switches marked, OFF, IDLE and FLY. Idle was more than sufficient to taxi, line up and select FLY...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Dec 2010, 00:49
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

What was the ICAO code for the Concorde? What...

What was the ICAO code for the Concorde? What was on the license?

GF
Forum: Tech Log
4th Dec 2010, 16:38
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Ah, hot streak ignition, also used by P&W on the...

Ah, hot streak ignition, also used by P&W on the J 57 and J75 afterburners. On the wing, during a form take-off at night, one could see the brief fireball, if the burner didn't light off. A second...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Nov 2010, 20:21
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

More than that, ChristaanJ, there are only stupid...

More than that, ChristaanJ, there are only stupid mistakes!

Mr Vortex. At your age, I was doing the same thing, asking all sorts of questions that required knowledge and understanding before my...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Nov 2010, 17:38
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Thanks for the very complete answer, Brit312. As...

Thanks for the very complete answer, Brit312. As I gather, Mr Vortex is a relative novice (from the profile, I'm making an assumption), an additional point. As supersonic flight was overwater, the...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Nov 2010, 14:37
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Mr Vortex An ejection was recommended...

Mr Vortex

An ejection was recommended because it was possible, not that was necessarily impossible to land a Draken dead stick. F-16s have done a number of them, I witnessed one at KTPA. There...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Nov 2010, 16:46
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

To the ATC question, one experience. I was...

To the ATC question, one experience. I was flying a Falcon 10 into KIAD one afternoon, level in the mid-teens, indicated 300-ish, when the ATCO vectored us off the airway for overtaking traffic. ...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Nov 2010, 02:17
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Roger My appreciation for your complement. ...

Roger

My appreciation for your complement. Anyone, yank or otherwise, who does not appreciate the long term and continuing world wide cooperation that is required for any project like Concorde or...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Nov 2010, 00:19
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

As a Yank, the Concorde was Europe's, including...

As a Yank, the Concorde was Europe's, including the UK, of course, Apollo project. And nothing short of it, either. Concorde required industrial cooperation and collaboration on a huge scale,...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Nov 2010, 21:36
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

An optimist was a Luftwaffe Starfighter pilot who...

An optimist was a Luftwaffe Starfighter pilot who quit smoking!

GF
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Sep 2010, 07:33
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

EXWOK Was all initial training accomplished...

EXWOK

Was all initial training accomplished in the sim or did new "to type" pilots do touch-and - goes before flying the line? How long was the conversion course? I imagine it was quite...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Sep 2010, 15:46
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Brit312 You mentioned the T-storms in the...

Brit312

You mentioned the T-storms in the Straits of Malacca, at FL 600, you still could not top them? How was deviating around at M 2.0? Any problems with turbulence at those levels?

GF
Forum: Tech Log
13th Sep 2010, 15:29
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Landlady Did Concorde F/As fly it...

Landlady

Did Concorde F/As fly it exclusively at BA or did you fly it on and off? Excuse me, I am not familiar with BA contract rules.

GF
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Sep 2010, 10:23
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Maindog That sounds right for the B747, the...

Maindog

That sounds right for the B747, the eye-to-wheel height for the C-5 at the THR was 34 feet.

GF
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Sep 2010, 02:55
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Nick What we are looking for is...

Nick

What we are looking for is "eye-to-wheel" for the Concorde v. The B747. My question is were there ever turbulence problems at Concorde levels and speeds? Also, did the Concorde crews ever...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Aug 2010, 22:41
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

CJ Back to thread, which came first, the...

CJ

Back to thread, which came first, the American designs or the Concorde? Somehow I thought the American entries were a reaction to the Concorde. In any case, both US planes would have been...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Aug 2010, 20:26
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

The BR710 on the GLEX and G 550 also need to...

The BR710 on the GLEX and G 550 also need to "rotor bow" on start within the same time limits. I fly the GLEX and the FADEC does it automatically, but I understand the G550 installation requires the...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Aug 2010, 02:18
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

DW No argument from me on former Soviet...

DW

No argument from me on former Soviet fighters being capable, but please read Red Eagles, if you want a Western view on their planes. Lots of poor engineering and execution, not that...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Aug 2010, 22:45
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Having seen some of their other efforts, this one...

Having seen some of their other efforts, this one doesn't wonder. Ever fly on an IL96 or see a IL62? Their fighters aren't crude, they are positively agricultural! Out tractors are more elegant...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Aug 2010, 12:55
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

EXWOK Excuse me, Vzrc was exactly what I...

EXWOK

Excuse me, Vzrc was exactly what I meant. I remember reading it in the Concorde CDG report and wondered if it figured into daily per calcs or was it a more technical

If you could depart...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Aug 2010, 20:34
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

CJ Quite right on the two projects of the...

CJ

Quite right on the two projects of the Sixties. Many of the engineers on Apollo were ex-Avro Arrow types. The shame is that these projects could not get off the ground (no pun intended) today,...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Aug 2010, 01:11
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

M2Dude Yes, 4,000 hours in Lockheed's...

M2Dude

Yes, 4,000 hours in Lockheed's contribution to wide-body cargo planes. The marvel in all of these planes from the '60s that they were designed by men who began their engineering careers...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Aug 2010, 02:48
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Just a note from a mature Yank pilot. When I...

Just a note from a mature Yank pilot. When I was first getting interested in commercial aviation around the middle Sixties, Flying magazine (US) had ads from most US carriers featuring the Concorde...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Aug 2010, 21:14
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

M2dude Thanks for the reply, Concorde...

M2dude

Thanks for the reply, Concorde expertise is always interesting. I should not have called the F-16 Emergency Power Unit a RAT, it is indeed not. The Concorde RAT was located aft between...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Aug 2010, 15:07
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,674,397
Posted By galaxy flyer

Yes, M2dude, but how long could you remain above...

Yes, M2dude, but how long could you remain above M1.1 with a four-engine flameout while drifting down? I presume you would driftdown above M0.7. BTW, the RAT on the F-16 is hydrazine powered as was...
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