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Note: these days, aviators 'learn to' fly by automation and don't have the basic (Stick and Rudder (Aviate), Navigate and Communicate) skills anymore (latest example: TK 1951) ! You are mixing up two TOTALLY different things. It's exactly automation, and nothing more than calculating computers, tha...

Nowadays there are many real life pilots supporting the desktop flight simulators, but 15 years ago, it was a totally different story. Guy Daems was one of the very first to do so. I Think many pilots of my generation who grew up with earlier models of the MS Flightsim (FS3, FS4, and FS5/98) will ne...

Actually the negative value is normal. The LRRA system is calibrated to give a "0" reading with the aircraft in a landing attitude. Since the antenna is in front of the main wheels, the indication will become negative when the nose is lowered on the runway. It is only a matter of calibrati...

Had the same thing about 5 years ago (Nouvelair up & down). Don't worry, can't remember anything so it was a non-event. Maybe one thing, all male cabin :-). Djerba might be an arabian country, it used to be French and hasn't got any natural resources besides salt. It tried to stay alive by creat...

Acid-drop wrote:6 of the 47 aircrafts stoped flying.

Confirm 6? Which ones?

This one has been on the internet for a while as well (the fun starts after the dutch guy...):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz7FI_S0_NE

Nice! You must have been pretty close to my girlfriend, she ran 53:22. My girlfriend does these events all summer long (Antwerp, Brugge, Brussels, Mechelen). We might try Hasselt in two weeks (although I might have to work). I started running as well last year seeing all these people running togethe...

If a runway is long, braking is not determined by the runway length itself, but the briefed exit point. It's funny to see how much time you can gain/loose during the taxi compared to the flight time. Braking strength chosen depends multiple factors: parking position in the first place, brake temps a...

I've been in a cockpit a few times. I haven't noticed the captain doing much more than the 1st officer nor giving him orders all the time... Nowadays they decide together who will fly and who will monitor.(Except for Turkish airlines with their authoritary captains :D ) When you have been flying fo...

Erm... engines switching off and on again are quite audible unless you are totally naive and believe it is normal, I guess! :? Descent, passing ie FL200... you'd be with an IAS of +300kts, and idle power. You would hear an engine flameout? :) Wind is the noise source in these conditions. Myself, I ...

No jet engine in the back, but slender, low wing, turboprop, twotter-size: the beautiful PC-12?

http://www.pilatus-aircraft.com/applica ... -12-15.jpg

What you see is the result of a surging compressor. The bird ingestion can cause anything from a temporary "hickup" in pressure buildup (could cause a single surge, usually no damage to the engine) to fan blade failure and total engine destruction. If the compressor stops to provide air at...

There are situations where an engine failure only requires a panpan. But on takeoff it's a standard mayday call in many companies. The pilots revert to standard engine out procedures, including a standard engine out procedure (or an appropriate escape route) which usually differs from the cleared SI...

This might sound harsh but I wonder if RC20 is really reasoning to find the answer, or using "self-fulfilling prophecy". You start your reasoning by talking of Boeing's "leaps" and "lack of technical foresight" of Airbus. If you do that, of course, you end up concluding...

You cannot make that comparison. The geared turbofan is a single speed gearbox (afaik).The GTF "simply" disconnects the fan from the low pressure compressor. If you have a 3 megawatt turbofan, a gear with an efficiency of 99% will still create 30000W of heat losses in a very small section ...

Feit is wel dat elk artikel steeds een interview is met een school (waar toekomstige piloten inkomsten zijn), niet met een luchtvaartmaatschappij.

Er is meer en meer werk, dat wel, maar om daarom al van een tekort te spreken?

Any person that has worked their way up to a B.737/400 Captaincy position in any airline and any country on this planet , is definetly skilled enough to fullfil that role! I guess that's the big question. Anybody familiar with the swiss cheese model? Nothing is perfect. Training, management, skills...

The basic principle of a shock absorber used on most commercial aircraft: it uses a compressible fluid (a gas) to absorb the energy of the first impact. It's like a bicycle tire pump you "kick" very hard on the handle with a closed outlet. This is the shock absorber function. However, if y...

Foefelen is en blijft oneerlijk, maar eigen aan elke mens. Ik heb geen probleem met het schorsen van wielrenners, ik heb een probleem met de heiligheid en naïeve verdedigingskunsten van bepaalde supporters, en dat beperkt zich niet alleen tot het wielrennen. Trouwens, draai de rollen niet om hé. Het...

Een schande? Totaal geen schande. Dat de wereld nu zijn naïviteit verliest, ach ja... 't was toch een publiek geheim dat er nog altijd duchtig gespoten wordt? Hier is toch niets schokkend aan? Ik snap het allemaal niet eerlijk gezegd. De media legt er zo'n heilig doekje om, alsof renners zo katholie...