Seeing that I was born during the Battle of Britain, might be worth thinking about. And I can prove it! :D:D

By falling asleep half way through perhaps????:D

I wonder if one could be organized up north???
BTW Yesterday I took my lads to see “Transformers” It was rubbish and I managed to sleep through a large part of it. BUT the climax of the film had some nice shots of two C-17’s and a B-1. Don’t go just to see them but if you are dragged along it does brighten up a dire few hours.

Rgds Ckin

The aircraft took too long to reach the cruising altitude.
Cheers….

According to who?……

It was bumpy, you arrived ALIVE. what more do you want?

Cking

Strange place to have a single doubler , has this frame been a test frame for Boeing, before Southwest bought it ?.

It’s a chemicaly etched doubler. You find them all over Boeings.

Rgds Cking

Some pictures of the hole hear

http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/SW-737-interior.jpg

http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/SW-737-exterior.jpg

Interesting

Rgds Cking

It’s not so bad if it’s the SUPPLY!!!!

Rgds Cking

Wasn’t this sort of thing accounted for in the design process ?

Hi all
The 777-300 has both a tail strike detector and a tail strike protector.
The tail strike detection system is standard on both the -200 and -300. It consists of a small “Fin” mounted at the lowest point of the fuselage during rotation. This detector is made of abraidable metal and has two loops of wire running through it. If the aircraft over rotates the detector strikes the runway wears away, breaks the two wire loops and this generates the EICAS message “Tail strike”. It also sends an ACARS message back to head office. There is no truth in the rumour that it generates a resignation letter in the flight deck!
The -300 is of course longer and the risk of tail strikes is higher. Boeing fitted it with a retractable tail skid. On the end of the skid is a cast alloy “shoe” that is the first thing that wears away during a “slight” contact with the runway. If the contact is heavier the skid assembly contains a crushable cartridge. This absorbs the force of a serious tail strike. If the crew are having a really bad day the tail skid will be fully compressed and the tail strike detector will be triggered and the resignation letter will be generated!
The crushable cartridge is a Boeing thing. The 737-400, 757-300 and the 767-3/400 use the same idea.

Rgds Cking

They also fly PHL-MAN daily. See if they will stump up a shuttle ticket.

Rgds Cking