The Emirates is departing. Check out the flap setting and lack of reversers. With 24 in use it is normally L for departures and R for arrivals due to the stagger of the runways and taxiing and holding at the threshold of the runways. 24R departures would be a huge taxi!

I wonder if they would accept my handle or how about Juan King/Juan Kerr?

What do you think?

Careful now!!!!

GA :D:D:D

Time difference 5h30m. 39C at 1300hrs. Try 42C at 0100lt as seen regularly in Dubai during the summer. Hellishly hot and although dry during the day, really humid as the mercury drops below 49C!

I think it is totally legal. It is only domain names that are considered intellectual property as such. Highly sought after. My ass!

Ren Frew – With outside air temps at -50 and EGT’s around 400C the difference of a few degrees would be negligible. In fact, heat from outside would be more efficient reducing the bleed requirement from the engines as the cabin has to be heated at altitude. Bodies on board do a lot of that too. Flew a nearly empty aeroplane to India recently and the cabin was unable to be controlled above 22C!

Bemused – Groundspeed may be 400-600kts but IAS and therefore the air across the fuselage has a maximum of about 360kts. At altitude IAS is more like 250kts.

How about the shiny clear laquer of American? I remember them saying at Renton the aircraft weighs more like that than it would if white or some other colour.

It is unlikely to just stop. There would be a gradual wind down with the contrail most likely diminishing to nothing. This is due to the residual heat in the combustion chamber generating the trail but reducing in intensity as the temperature reduces to ambient.

The flame out is not visible. If you see something, it is something else. The normal ones are surge and stall which have similar characteristics to the MD-11 shown.

A B767 at max landing weight has a Vref of 145kts. The 757 at MLW is 136kts. The lower end of the scale is governed by Vmcg and Vmcga. This again is a function of weight but aditionally thrust. A figure of around 110kts is normal for this for the 767/757 and also the 733.

Minidoh – A week in a hotel can become very expensive. We do get discounts but they still don’t bring the prices down to anything realistic. A week in a hotel can cost you what you earned in allowances being there and more. Long term expenses include marriage councelling and divorce. It really isn’t all it is het up to be and it is rare to find a bed as comfortable as your own and even if it is as comfortable, I know where I’d rather be.