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Bobby_Batronic

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  1. The 900 may be one of those planes whose main gear are behind the center of lift meaning a technique to soften touchdown is to push the nose forward which decreases the sink rate of the mains as they are rotated away from the ground as the nose lowers. Possibly trying that here? Also, I’m sure you know this but possibly using a reduced flap setting to keep more energy on the plane and account for possible windshear leading to a higher AOA?
  2. Perhaps. Hopefully. The inability to put the smart phone away is not a small problem in aviation these days.
  3. Ahh, the welcome to the airlines bit? Sorry. Can’t delete.
  4. It is, and they may have extenuating circumstances to have been recording, but generally a very, very big no, no.
  5. supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
  6. We have a lot of tools now to avoid the worst of the bumps generally from radars that will depict it, forecast maps, and even a feature that records the accelerometer readings of iPads on other participating aircraft in the air and displays it on a moving map with a time stamp, altitude and intensity so we can see real time what’s coming up. That supposes there’s someone ahead of you at your altitude and you’re not the weather recon plane of the day. Once we were working our way around a line of weather extending into the Gulf and thought we had skirted it on a late night flight when we stumbled right into something billowing up to our altitude. A couple of nasty jolts and the airspeed briefly got a lot lower than we’d like and then we were out the other side. The other pilot looked at me and said “ You know for a second there I was kinda wishing I was a realtor.”
  7. I had to google that s**t.
  8. Most planes either use automation or have a manually added fudge factor to account for gusty winds. For example an Airbus automatically adds 5 knots to the minimum approach speed (which itself is 1.3x stall speed in general terms) for a given approach. Book procedure is to increase that buffer by 1/3 of the gust value over the steady wind if 1/3 exceeds 5 knots, but not to add more than 15 knots. So if the winds are 10 gusting 30, then the gust factor is 20. 1/3 is roughly 7 knots which exceeds 5 knots so we’d manually add that to the minimum speed. Additionally, some aircraft take the steady state wind, and add it to the derived approach speed above in order to maintain a constant ground speed and energy level. So if the approach speed is 138 knots and the steady state wind is 10 knots then the plane will try to maintain 148 knots of airspeed to keep a ground speed of 138 knots. This is called ground speed mini (minimum) in Airbus world. In more pithy terms, yes, a drastic falloff could cause the plane drop. More so if it’s already near its minimum approach speed. It looked like they never flared or flared very late to me which is not overly uncommon in low visibility conditions or semi white outs. The visibility didn’t look too bad from the video above, but keep in mind that the pilots are looking down through more air than the observer on the ground. They’re essentially staring down the hypotenuse of a right triangle whereas the observer is looking down the base leg. This is called slant range visibility.
  9. I suspect several someone’s from Endeavor and the FAA will want to have a word with the individual recording from the flight deck.
  10. That grey outlined part of the wreckage is the emergency exit. Plug type door. Really build that to stay in place. I’m impressed.
  11. I think there was a second RJ circling to 33 or on final to 01 that was told to go around. I’d bet they saw that one. Winds were 17 gusting to 25 knots from the NW at the time of the collision meaning the Blackhawk was crabbed into the wind and away from the collision aircraft. It might also explain some of the drift issues away from the east shoreline. Perhaps overcorrection. Take that helmet above, add NVGs and the peripheral vision isn’t great. Calling the traffic in sight and intent to maintain visual separation puts a lot of the onus on the pilot who accepts that. Tower understaffed and typically busy as DCA always is. A lot of Swiss cheese holes lined up for a tragedy.
  12. Correct. That’s what happens when you pull on the mask to start the flow of oxygen. It kicks off the chemical reaction.
  13. 55 is under winged and under powered. Maybe popped a motor on takeoff and VMC rolled it or stalled? Bet I flew with your friend.
  14. Correct. Depends on the plane too. Some have to have engine anti ice on a +10C and visible moisture. -4C to -6C static air temperature is optimal for ice formation in most cases.
  15. Helps if your significant other is a biological 727.
  16. We have two go around thrust settings. A soft go around selects the go around mode and then uses a more sedate thrust setting for a calmer maneuver. A 2000 ft per minute climb is commanded for aircraft with the software update. The other involves selecting the FAT detent, Full Ass Thrust, with the thrust levers for a livelier return to altitude
  17. That’s honestly not that unusual there with go arounds for helo traffic, flights losing separation or someone not getting off the runway in time.
  18. There are a lot of UAL 9’s sitting in CUN. Or there were last week.
  19. Medlink is who you call if there’s any medical issue in the back and they assume responsibility and liability for the flight diverting or continuing on. You get a patch to a doctor on call after the FA’s hand you a report on the passenger, dispatch listens in, and the doctor makes the decision. 99 times out of 100 they tell you to give pax some orange juice and continue to destination.
  20. The bus has pressurization sensors on the overhead panel that will unlock the door during a depressurization. It’s the two pencil sized holes next to the five yellow lights (3 strike plates, Channel A/B). Simply blowing on them is enough to trigger it. The door is no longer locked, but is it latched securely enough to withstand a sudden depressurization? I hope to never find out.
  21. I’ve seen that video. Those guys shouldn’t fly paper airplanes. Even without filming it the FOQA data would have any US pilot fired post haste.
  22. Honestly, they can have the stretch from Electra to Quanah imo.
  23. Here lie the remains of Vladimir Propov. Died at 23 when a tiger shark bit his top off. He preferred swimming in high salinity. Not a wise move in this vicinity.
  24. Maybe a little pre-apocalyptic purge action from the Orcas before its “So Long and Thanks For All the Fish” time. Douglas Adams is a prophet and remember kids…buttons aren’t toys.
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