Some quick googling led me to find out they salvage Tomcats from around the world for parts. And have started replicating parts on their own to keep them running.
Vaguely pased over a line n the wiki that said they've updated their aviaonics to modern standards and everything.
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Yesterday was my first flight in a smaller plane. A domestic flight within Costa Rica on a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan. I've always had a interest in flying and have played lots of Microsoft FS back in the day (I know this does not make me an expert) and could follow along what the pilots were doing. It was an afternoon flight, so a lot of weather this time of year. I was amazed at how they maneuvered around the weather using the GPS and the satellite imagery.
One thing I'm wondering about. As we approached San Jose Airport (CR's main aurport), a traffic alarm went off and seemed to surprise the pilots. Is this a normal occurrence? We were able to see a small plane to our left, flying at a higher altitude.
Anyways great experience and I would do it again in a heartbeat. Get me in that front seat!
Yesterday was my first flight in a smaller plane. A domestic flight within Costa Rica on a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan. I've always had a interest in flying and have played lots of Microsoft FS back in the day (I know this does not make me an expert) and could follow along what the pilots were doing. It was an afternoon flight, so a lot of weather this time of year. I was amazed at how they maneuvered around the weather using the GPS and the satellite imagery.
One thing I'm wondering about. As we approached San Jose Airport (CR's main aurport), a traffic alarm went off and seemed to surprise the pilots. Is this a normal occurrence? We were able to see a small plane to our left, flying at a higher altitude.
Anyways great experience and I would do it again in a heartbeat. Get me in that front seat!
I would have to defer to our current pilots on here in regards to the traffic alert. Was the Caravan equipped with a TCAS display? I'm assuming so to get the traffic alert. Just an alert though, and not a resolution advisory in which case you would have either started climbing or descending quite quickly to avoid a conflict.
Here have a nice picture I found on imgur:
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A video of the Lufthansa landing shows how pilots fought to keep control as the plane lurched dramatically to the left just moments before touching down on the runway.
That is just.../facepalm.
I get that reporters have to provide commentary on things they know nothing about...but "fought to keep control"?! REALLY!?!?!
These people really need to use common sense. If a pilot had to "fight" to keep control of an aircraft, would he even think of attempting to land?
Delighted to welcome Cosmic Girl, our newly-acquired 747-400 aircraft to the Virgin Galactic fleet of space access vehicles.
Virgin Galactic will continue to operate the aircraft as Cosmic Girl, and will adapt it as an airborne launch pad that carries the LauncherOne rocket to drop altitude from under its wing. The 747 will travel at roughly 500 miles per hour. Within 10 minutes of being released the rocket will go into orbit, reaching speeds of 17000 miles per hour.
So I'm going on my first single engine plane flight this weekend. My buddy who just finished his commercial license is taking us on a flight around Drumheller in a cessna and I have to say I'm a bit nervous! I don't really have any fear of flying but a little cessna seems to bring it out in me.
