My mobile is alternately called “the swichboard” or “Iceland Radio” by my (so called) friends. It is an old first generation Motorola. Why I still have it:

1. It´s big and heavy so there is less chance of me loosing it.
2. It is old and out of date so nobody wants to steal it
3. It works.
4. Why throw away something that works fine.
5. I don´t need to send a picture of my ear to my friends.

This is getting a little bit prolonged…… No matter what anybody says, it is not correct for ANY aircraft to land on the nosewheel first, short field or otherwise. It is the sign of poor professionalism or poor aircraft handling skill (or both) to land on the nosegear first. Period.

Now KabirT,
The picture of CRJ you attached is of an aircraft above the flare hight. It has not started it´s flare, and the nose down attitude is perfectly normal during final appraoch with full flaps. If how ever the pilot did NOT flare, the next picture in the series would be of a CRJ with a broken nosegear skidding on its nose down the runway.

Look what I found

Hello PhantomII,
I´ve noticed you are a great fan of the P40. Here is a little something I found while browsing the not…..

http://www.flyingtigerline.org/_disc3/000002bf.htm

Hope you enjoy

Hello wyswyg,
My current office is the left seat of the 228, and until Desember I was dual rated on the left seat of the ATR as well, but the company I work for got rid of the ATR. Now it looks like the summer will be spent in the right seat of a 737.

Of course I still fly GA. Just in from a light aerobatic session in a CAP10 I own a share in. Other GA types I fly privatly are the YAK55, PA-18, PA-22-160 and a Zlin 326. I still do a little instuction in various Cessnas, Pipers and light twins.

Thanks Saab 2000.

It looks a lot better in this picture than it does up close.

Well, I must say this one looks a LOT better than the one they were using on the daily Cargo run from Jordania down to Dubai last spring. What a horrible piece of junk!! It was usually parked on the stand next to ours, and looked like it was falling apart just standing there. Sure needed some TLC. And the NOISE it made on departure at 0400 in the morning was TREMENDOUS. Noise abatement what????