Aviation Appreciation Station

[billybob123]

If it's being ferried by some company (like the one on "Dangerous Flights", love that show), who is liable for crash? Especially if it's error by the pilots re the fuel tank feed issue.

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by billybob123

If it's being ferried by some company (like the one on "Dangerous Flights", love that show), who is liable for crash? Especially if it's error by the pilots re the fuel tank feed issue.

Their insurance company, i highly doubt they're going to pay the money to raise the plane to find out exactly what went wrong.

[speede5]

http://business.financialpost.com/20...8m-to-cae-inc/

We got some awesome news at work yesterday.

[Bigtime]

A look inside the cockpit of a Bombardier Global 500 bizjet while cruising at 51,000 feet. It gives some nice explanation of the different airspeeds while cruising:



Note that up that high one of the flight crew must be wearing the supplemental oxygen, if decompression were to occur they'd have seconds before losing consciousness.

[KelVarnsen]

Air Force One will be replaced by 747-8is.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...ds-for-systems

https://www.flickr.com/photos/flightblogger/3193741011/

[Bigtime]

Awesome! Not in service until 2023.

[Bigtime]

Some great engine spool-up sounds from YYC taken over 2014:



Those GE90-115's...

[Bigtime]

ABC did an interview with the pilot of that Cirrus that ditched off Hawaii, dude took a GoPro selfie once the parachute was deployed!

http://abcnews.go.com/US/pilot-lue-m...ry?id=28572894

[Bigtime]

We've all seen the photos and videos of aircraft landing right over the beach at St. Maarten, here's a great video (from a great youtube channel) showing the approach and landing from the flight deck of a 737-800:

[rayne008]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

We've all seen the photos and videos of aircraft landing right over the beach at St. Maarten, here's a great video (from a great youtube channel) showing the approach and landing from the flight deck of a 737-800:

I give the video bonus marks for being 7:37 in length.

[Bigtime]

Inside one of the Lufthansa Technik hangars at Frankfurt:

[InglewoodFan]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Inside one of the Lufthansa Technik hangars at Frankfurt:

Once my brain processed what those planes all were, it subsequently broke trying to comprehend how big that hangar is.

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by InglewoodFan

Once my brain processed what those planes all were, it subsequently broke trying to comprehend how big that hangar is.

"Just park it to the left. There should be room."

[Acey]

While we're talking about 380's... the incomprehensibly amazing residence and first suites on Etihad.

[Bigtime]

KLM is doing a series of videos called "KLM Cockpit Tales", 3 videos up so far:

[Acey]

One of these days at SXM it's gonna hit the fan man... one of these days.

[Mazrim]

Maybe it's just the angle of the shot, but that looks low enough to hit fences and stuff. Wow.

[Acey]

Happened in Taipei a little bit ago.




"At least 10 are trapped in the plane"

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

Maybe it's just the angle of the shot, but that looks low enough to hit fences and stuff. Wow.

Yeah even with the angle he's super low. There's a chain link fence there to clear and then the threshold is right there.



This is a truer angle. He's low too.



Should be about here.



But these are big airplanes and it's a short runway so you're aware there's people there but you want to put that thing down and get it stopped.

[Acey]

GE235 recovery livestream