Highest Flight Level Actually Flown by a 747
Re: Highest Flight Level Actually Flown by a 747
I seem to remember an incident with a china airline 747 that was kept in a climb attitude until it stalled (full of PAX, ouch)…
Any idea what altitude was reached ?
Any idea what altitude was reached ?
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Re: Highest Flight Level Actually Flown by a 747
Don't think the Chinese 747 over SF was going amazingly high, as much as it only had 3 donks working, but the AP was in altitude hold at the time and tried to force it to stay at an altitude it couldn't cope with.
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Re: Highest Flight Level Actually Flown by a 747
FWIW... On the company's 744 sim I managed to "fly" it up to FL510 (at minimum weight, splash of fuel). I then tried again, but "zoom-climbed" (an oxymoron for a 747) up to FL540, but the plane was not stable and was well into coffin corner mode. (this in no wind conditions).
