General aviation/airplane news and chat

[likesfish]

Helicopter crashes into water at south beach Florida

A helicopter crashed into the water close to shore at Miami’s South Beach. Two passengers with broken backs were rushed to the hospital as beach goers were let shaken. Investigators continue to investigate what caused the pilot to fly so close to shore.

www.nbcnews.com

Another Robinson experiences rapid unscheduled disassembly. Still not getting one.

They nearly refused to sell anymore to New Zealand as the kiwis crashed so many doing frankly insane things like using valleys like skate ramps apparently to gain altitude. Apprantly start one side powerdive to the valley floor and ride the the ground effect up the other side!!!!!
and underslinging loads neither of which is reccomended.

 

[2hats]

F35 recovered from the bottom of the South China Sea (12,400 feet depth).

 

[T & P]

F35 recovered from the bottom of the South China Sea (12,400 feet depth).

Given that the Chinese already have a reasonable (if inferior to the US) knowledge of stealth technology, and that this bird has spent weeks under water which surely fucked up a lot of equipment & software beyond recovery, I wonder if it would have been worth for them trying to scoop it up the bottom of the sea anyway...

 

[petee]

A JetBlue Pilot Removed From Cockpit Told Officials He'd Had 7 Or 8 Drinks

The pilot submitted to the test after telling police he needed to get his gun from the plane's cockpit, a spokesperson said.

www.nbcnewyork.com

 

[cybershot]

Beluga made an emergency landing at Birmingham yesterday. Not sure if it’s still there. Fire teams carry out checks as Airbus Beluga forced to land

 

[T & P]

Beluga made an emergency landing at Birmingham yesterday. Not sure if it’s still there. Fire teams carry out checks as Airbus Beluga forced to land

That looks like one of the first generation fleet using A300s, rather than the brand new fleet with A330s. Apparently they're going to create a cargo airline using the A300s as they are retired from their current role of freighting Airbus parts around.

 

[2hats]

BelugaST arrival might be fortuitously timed.

 

[HAL9000]

 

[pogofish]

Even these space age walkways can't detract from the hideous sixties concrete monstrosity that is CDG airport. I've seen nicer looking NCP car parks.

Maybe this is why Paris renamed all its airports to the one "Paris Aéroport" a few years back.

Wonder if that ever confuses anyone?

 

[T & P]

Sas posted this in the Bandwidth thread, but I thought it was worth leaving it here as well. Very amusing story, and article...

French Fighter Jet Joy Ride Goes Très, Très Wrong

A French defense contractor riding in a Dassault fighter learned the hard way that the grab bar next to his seat was actually the ejection handle.

www.caranddriver.com

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Sas posted this in the Bandwidth thread, but I thought it was worth leaving it here as well. Very amusing story, and article...

French Fighter Jet Joy Ride Goes Très, Très Wrong

A French defense contractor riding in a Dassault fighter learned the hard way that the grab bar next to his seat was actually the ejection handle.

www.caranddriver.com

Just like sas, that story’s well old.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Can't park there mate!

 

[existentialist]

Can't park there mate!

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That'll buff out.

 

[spitfire]

Article on the destruction of Mriya here, some finger pointing going on as to why it wasn't moved to Leipzig before the Russians arrived all guns blazing.

Chief pilot of destroyed An-225: ‘We must complete the second Mriya’

HOSTOMEL, Kyiv Oblast — Like so many pilots across the world, Dmytro Antonov, the crew commander of the Antonov An-225 Mriya aircraft, has his own little pre-flight rituals. The world’s biggest and strongest cargo airplane, the master of many flight records, Mriya required special reverence...

kyivindependent.com

 

[A380]

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

In 1957, Marlon Green, an Air Force pilot, applied to be a Continental Airlines pilot. Green had applied to other airlines but was rejected each time. When he filled out his application for Continental, he left the “race” box unchecked. Green made it to the final round of interviews but was not hired, even though he had more flight time than the other candidates who were white.

Green filed a complaint with the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Commission, a landmark case that ended up in the United States Supreme Court which ruled in Greens favor and helped dismantle racial discrimination in the American passenger airline industry.

While David Harris was the first Black pilot hired with a major airline, Marlon Green’s fight for the right to be in the flight deck cleared a path for generations of Black pilots to come. In 2010, Continental dedicated a 737 named for Captain Marlon Green. The aircraft, N77518, still flies for United today.

 

[HAL9000]

I'm surprised that an airline would allow smoking in an aircraft.

Cigarette in cockpit caused EgyptAir passenger jet to crash, killing all on board, investigation finds

The jet had been flying from Paris to Cairo, with the Egyptian authorities claiming terrorism had been responsible for the incident which happened in May 2016 - but experts believe smoking led to a fire which caused the fatal crash.

news.sky.com

 

[Spymaster]

I'm surprised that an airline would allow smoking in an aircraft.

Cigarette in cockpit caused EgyptAir passenger jet to crash, killing all on board, investigation finds

The jet had been flying from Paris to Cairo, with the Egyptian authorities claiming terrorism had been responsible for the incident which happened in May 2016 - but experts believe smoking led to a fire which caused the fatal crash.

news.sky.com

There's a good ACI about this.

Just a trailer here but I'm sure you can find the full episode somewhere.

 

[High Voltage]

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No doubt "hilarious" but why?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I'm surprised that an airline would allow smoking in an aircraft.

Cigarette in cockpit caused EgyptAir passenger jet to crash, killing all on board, investigation finds

The jet had been flying from Paris to Cairo, with the Egyptian authorities claiming terrorism had been responsible for the incident which happened in May 2016 - but experts believe smoking led to a fire which caused the fatal crash.

news.sky.com

Passengers on Chinese airlines regularly tell of clouds of smoke wafting from the cockpit, on long haul, international flights as well as domestic.

Afaik Boeing and Airbus still include ashtrays in cockpits, they also do in the passenger cabin’s lav doors.

 

[Elpenor]

Passengers on Chinese airlines regularly tell of clouds of smoke wafting from the cockpit, on long haul, international flights as well as domestic.

Afaik Boeing and Airbus still include ashtrays in cockpits, they also do in the passenger cabin’s lav doors.

More to do with “if you must smoke, put them out here safely” isn’t it?

 

[HAL9000]

More to do with “if you must smoke, put them out here safely” isn’t it?

the issue in this case is the leaking oxygen mask, adding oxygen to any fire risks turning it into an inferno.

 

[Lancman]

No doubt "hilarious" but why?

Anything to do with the merger of Boeing and McDonald Douglas?

 

[High Voltage]

Awaiting one of these uber-knowledgeable plane Johnnies to rock up with the explanation

 

[A380]

No doubt "hilarious" but why?

The main defining features of three famous wide body jets.

 

[spitfire]

The main defining features of three famous wide body jets.

I got it.

 

[High Voltage]

The main defining features of three famous wide body jets.

So . . . Jumbo 747 "bump" . . . A380's bonnet . . . and what's the third thing then? The TriStar's arse engine?

 

[existentialist]

So . . . Jumbo 747 "bump" . . . A380's bonnet . . . and what's the third thing then? The TriStar's arse engine?

Thank you. I had been curious about what the technical name for that third engine was

 

[spitfire]

Technically a buttjet.

 

[High Voltage]

Thank you. I had been curious about what the technical name for that third engine was

I don't like to flaunt my aviation prowess