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The Old Flying Machine Company, formed in 1981 by Ray Hanna and his children Mark and Sarah, maintains and operates rare historic aircraft in airworthy condition.www.mh434.com
Cool, there’s my productivity down again...I think on the CWA porn I posted a picture of PLAAF mustang in Chinese colours from the military museum in Beijing.Everything you could ever want to know about the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force.
Cool, there’s my productivity down again...I think on the CWA porn I posted a picture of PLAAF mustang in Chinese colours from the military museum in Beijing.
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Air ambulances unable to land at Addenbrooke's Hospital after helipad destroyed | ITV News
Critically ill patients can't be flown directly to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge after its helipad was destroyed by a military aircraft. | ITV News Angliawww.itv.com
This happened in 2007 but I had never seen or heard of it before, and YouTube just suggested it to me.
That's cutting it a bit fine is it not? The tip of the left wing must have been not much more than a metre off the ground...
All a bit "No Highway"I reckon someone pressed a button they shouldn't have.
Jolly good.Sheeeeit check outz my new plane. It's be a cessna 172. It's callz sine beez "Dindu Enword Ook Ook Watermelon" Gnome Sayin?
Was a freight flight.
More speculation here
BA 787-8 G-ZBJB suffers nose gear collapse at LHR - FlyerTalk Forums
British Airways | Executive Club - BA 787-8 G-ZBJB suffers nose gear collapse at LHR - Live incident at London Heathrow Fire and rescue, Airside Safety are currently at the scene of a B787 dreamliner operated by British Airways. The B787 has suffered from a nose gear collapse which has sparked a...www.flyertalk.com
Turns out it is likely due to a known 787 issue, whereby the nose gear locking pin could easily be installed in the drag race pivot link by mistake, which could lead to gear collapse during ground testing.
Oh dear
Can't the air ambulances just land on the grass if need be?
Interesting... CX are going to certify the A350 for single pilot operation (in the cruise for now).
EXCLUSIVE Cathay working with Airbus on single-pilot system for long-haul
Cathay Pacific (0293.HK) is working with Airbus (AIR.PA) to introduce "reduced crew" long-haul flights with a sole pilot in the cockpit much of the time, industry sources told Reuters.www.reuters.com
Completely unpersoned operation is obviously the end goal here. It makes a lot of sense but there will be shrieking from reactionaries.
Was surprised on my last Cathay flight to notice that they had four pilots, seems that is standard for >12 hour flights. At around £250 an hour per captain and £170 an hour for a first officer, that's a hell of a wage bill. Two means that much of the time the cockpit will only have one in there, three would mean that there could always be two up front, so why four? Seems excessive.
Currently there always has to be two crew in the cockpit so they have to have an augmented crew to allow rest. When I was at Cathay we used to do LAX-HKG flights that were over 15 hours in the 400F with 4 crew. Doing 15 hours in the cockpit with no break would be quite dangerous from a fatigue management perspective.