General aviation/airplane news and chat

[spitfire]

"My one", as I like to call it, is similar money.

Fly in a Spitfire

The T6 is much more reasonable. https://www.classic-wings.co.uk/warbird-t6-harvard-flights/

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

That sounds much more reasonable, now to wait for Frau Bahn to ask what I want for my birthday...

 

[spitfire]

That sounds much more reasonable, now to wait for Frau Bahn to ask what I want for my birthday...

Let me know if you do ever book in and I'll try and work that day.

My dads best mate was a pilot for 50 years and he came for a spin in the T6 for his 70th, he loved it.

But he did say no when the pilot asked him if he wanted to go inverted. I wonder does he know something we don't?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Certainly will, thanks!

 

[T & P]

Reports today that Sala, the footballer who died in that plane crash a few months ago, had massive CO levels in his body according to his post-mortem. So suddenly that looks like the cause of the crash.

I was listening the news on the radio and really surprised me was an aviation expert on the BBC saying no plane, not even large passenger airliners, have any CO detectors installed- or at least it’s not a requirement. Apparently pilots have been asking for them for ages to no avail.

Amazed by that.

 

[Gromit]

Reports today that Sala, the footballer who died in that plane crash a few months ago, had massive CO levels in his body according to his post-mortem. So suddenly that looks like the cause of the crash.

I was listening the news on the radio and really surprised me was an aviation expert on the BBC saying no plane, not even large passenger airliners, have any CO detectors installed- or at least it’s not a requirement. Apparently pilots have been asking for them for ages to no avail.

Amazed by that.

Do any cars have CO detectors?

 

[mauvais]

Reports today that Sala, the footballer who died in that plane crash a few months ago, had massive CO levels in his body according to his post-mortem. So suddenly that looks like the cause of the crash.

I was listening the news on the radio and really surprised me was an aviation expert on the BBC saying no plane, not even large passenger airliners, have any CO detectors installed- or at least it’s not a requirement. Apparently pilots have been asking for them for ages to no avail.

Amazed by that.

How would a typical airliner end up with high levels of CO in the cabin?

Light aircraft with a piston engine in the nose, and cabin heat drawn from air that might include exhaust, much more likely.

 

[Teaboy]

Carbon Monoxide detectors cost less then a tenner. Its pretty mad that they're not standard if there was at least a theoretical risk. Its also pretty mad that pilots wouldn't have their own pocket ones if they think they are needed.

 

[T & P]

A very lucky, Captain Sully-style escape in Russia today. Multiple bird strike, crew managed to land safely on a corn field.

Plane crash-lands after hitting flock of birds

Video of the landing from inside the cabin. Not the kind of engine noise anyone would want to hear...

 

[petee]

Miniature Horses Cleared For Take Off As Service Animals

Miniature horses are among the service animals approved to take on flights, according to new guidelines provided Thursday by the federal government.

 

[A380]

Reports today that Sala, the footballer who died in that plane crash a few months ago, had massive CO levels in his body according to his post-mortem. So suddenly that looks like the cause of the crash.

I was listening the news on the radio and really surprised me was an aviation expert on the BBC saying no plane, not even large passenger airliners, have any CO detectors installed- or at least it’s not a requirement. Apparently pilots have been asking for them for ages to no avail.

Amazed by that.

I've never flown a light aircraft that doesn't have a (non-battery) CO detector.

 

[spitfire]

Posted on the bandwidth thread but reminded me of this as well.

Fireworks + planes =

 

[spitfire]

Dark AF.

 

[DownwardDog]

Dark AF.

You're not seeing the view through the NVG but it still looked character forming. He/she earned their 'hiboux' patch that night.

 

[DownwardDog]

The Chasse Embarquee of the French Navy have a fierce YouTube game:



If the Fleet Air Arm made one it would feature a broken helicopter in the pissing rain in Culdrose while two fat blokes compared STDs.

 

[Marty1]

Here's the other pic I grabbed

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Probably that Leonardo Dicaprio fella on his way to a climate emergency forum to tell everyone to stop using air conditioning and fridges.

 

[existentialist]

Probably that Leonardo Dicaprio fella on his way to a climate emergency forum to tell everyone to stop using air conditioning and fridges.

Chortle, chortle, oh my sides.

 

[spitfire]

The Chasse Embarquee of the French Navy have a fierce YouTube game:



If the Fleet Air Arm made one it would feature a broken helicopter in the pissing rain in Culdrose while two fat blokes compared STDs.

That's a well spent 7 minutes, punching through the cloud base like that doesn't get old I'd say.

I always said my dream job would be flying Canadairs but you know what, hooning round the cote d'azur in one of those would do.

And lol.

 

[DownwardDog]

That's a well spent 7 minutes, punching through the cloud base like that doesn't get old I'd say.

I always said my dream job would be flying Canadairs but you know what, hooning round the cote d'azur in one of those would do.

And lol.

One of the cushiest billets in military aviation must be flying the Falcon 200 Guardian from the French naval base in Tahiti.

 

[spitfire]

One of the cushiest billets in military aviation must be flying the Falcon 200 Guardian from the French naval base in Tahiti.

 

[DownwardDog]

Delta flight attendant, 79, making $250K a year allegedly fired for stealing milk carton

Everything about this story is WTF.

 

[HAL9000]

They used one of the worlds longest runway, it was a slow moving propeller plane and they barely got airborne by the end of the runway



Short audio about 9 minutes long (I think you can avoid login in by using the download option)

BBC World Service - Witness History, Voyager: Around The World On One Tank of Fuel

 

[A380]

 

[2hats]

Confucius say: man who throw coins in jet engine will shortly be involved in large financial transaction!

A Chinese man who was flying for the first time has been fined for throwing "good luck" coins into a plane's engine.

The 28-year-old was ordered to pay $17,200 (£13,100) in compensation to the budget airline - called Lucky Air.

The plane was grounded after the coins were found near one of its engines.

Source: BBC News

 

[spitfire]

Big plane go upside down.



Sorry, media didn't embed but full length here if you're that excited:

 

[spitfire]

Apparently Twitter has decided I must see more videos of large planes doing stupid things.

So that means you do too.

 

[not-bono-ever]

UK will leave EU aviation safety regulator at end of 2020

But the owners of BA are critical of the move, saying alternative plans would not be ready by December.

www.bbc.co.uk

I know nothing about this area but does it seem a rather wanky move ?

 

[T & P]

So the airline industry is properly fucked. Some will recover but I can see Covid-19 claiming some pretty big scalps over the coming months.

I’m surprised teuchter hasn't come by yet to celebrate the current predicament the industry is in. I hope he’s alright and in good health.

 

[teuchter]

So the airline industry is properly fucked. Some will recover but I can see Covid-19 claiming some pretty big scalps over the coming months.

I’m surprised teuchter hasn't come by yet to celebrate the current predicament the industry is in. I hope he’s alright and in good health.

Well I'm already enjoying the reduction in noise pollution from the heathrow flight path.

Unfortunately this is going to have consequences for most travel modes, not just flying.

 

[T & P]

Well I'm already enjoying the reduction in noise pollution from the heathrow flight path.

Unfortunately this is going to have consequences for most travel modes, not just flying.

Financial consequences, though? I would imagine most train operating companies are in better shape than the airlines...