Commercial Airliners

wainy · February 16, 2020

LinekersLegs said:

Big balls these pilots

summerisle · February 16, 2020

LinekersLegs said:

I want to see where it ends up. lol

arch stanton · February 16, 2020

wainy said:
Big balls these pilots

they probably quite enjoy it,

degsy · February 16, 2020

arch stanton said:
they probably quite enjoy it,

Only the ones they walk away from

WA Toffee · February 16, 2020

LinekersLegs said:

I can't really imagine how I would feel coming in to land and you can see the runway out the window :Blink:

ste d' indica · February 16, 2020

WA Toffee said:
I can't really imagine how I would feel coming in to land and you can see the runway out the window

D'ye reckon airlines will charge you for leaving a big stinky poo on your seat?

summerisle · March 4, 2020

I presume there's been some sort of storm.

RAFUH · March 4, 2020

summerisle said:
I presume there's been some sort of storm.

Tornadoes. Largest had 160 mph winds. 25 deaths

SerenityNigh · March 4, 2020

summerisle said:
I presume there's been some sort of storm.

Wow

SerenityNigh · March 11, 2020

This report* suggests Boeing has stopped hiring and drawing down the remainder of a $13B loan. No doubt Chapter 11 is next up in the Boeing story.

*ok, it was a live scroll, anyway same idea but removed the link because it wasn't useful

Dylan · June 30, 2022

So, I am in Christchurch for a type rating course, which grants me certain access around the airport.

Here is the NASA SOFIA 747SP that has a massive telescope into it.

And just sneaking into the pic is one of the antarctic C-130's, Complete with skis installed!

I also flew into Christchurch on the flight deck of an A321neo. Was awesome!

slipstream86 · June 30, 2022

Dylan said:
So, I am in Christchurch for a type rating course, which grants me certain access around the airport.

Here is the NASA SOFIA 747SP that has a massive telescope into it.

And just sneaking into the pic is one of the antarctic C-130's, Complete with skis installed!

I also flew into Christchurch on the flight deck of an A321neo. Was awesome!

Cool, Sofia is a great project not only for the science it produces, but for the incredible engineering that went into it. There's a rerally good engineering podcast I listen to that had a two part episode on it including an interview with the pilots on the flight operations of the project. Well worth a listen:

sofia pt 1
pt 2

Which A/C type are you training on mate?