Hand – The bright light on the upper surface of the starboard tail plane is the logo light that illuminates the fin. It would appear that the port logo light has failed.
Well just to add my 2p to the argument, I am familiar with the type and and the location (I am off there again next Monday). I think it is a genuine photo that has been cleaned with some sort of program, hence the nosewheel area shading. It isn’t taking off it is in the start of the landing flare. This can be proven by the fact that the aircraft is overflying runway markings indicating the imminent arrival of the expected touchdown point. The reason the runway looks ’tilted’ is only because the picture is not taken at 90 degrees to the runway.
Horizon, not many days are clear enough to have a well defined horizon.
RE: EasyJet could award 120-plane order by end of this month
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 18-09-02 AT 01:15Â PM (GMT)]Kabir – it’s not been very many years since we were all saying BA would never buy Airbus after the bad experience they had with the 10 inherited ex BCal A320s but they did because the offer made by Airbus was so good.
I went to Antalya in Turkey last night with a guy who used to be a commercial helicopter pilot. He said that there are significantly more helicopters that the commander sits in the right seat than the left. He could offer no reason why except for the underslung load carrying scenario where the commander always sits on the right. This is because when doing this sort of work they invariably spend most of their time leaning out of the side window looking down. With the collective lever in the left hand, sitting on the right and straining to look out the right will mean a natural tendency to climb rather than sitting on the left which would tend to encourage a descent into the ground. Logical, I suppose!
I presume you mean controls? If so, yes. Because of the chance of pilot incapacitation the aircraft is fully flyable from either seat although you may need to ask a cabin crew member to help reach some minor things. This is something that is frequently practiced in the sim.
In helicopters, the designers get all the components together, throw them at the machine and where they land becomes the place they stay 🙂 !
RE: EasyJet could award 120-plane order by end of this month
I had lunch the other day with a married couple (I was there best man!) who are both pilots for easyJet (and ex-Aurigny – to keep Saab happy 🙂 ). I was most surprised to hear that the word on the easyJet street is that Airbus look like the stronger candidate at the moment. One of the main problems with the new B737’s is that they are still only Cat3a capable whereas Airbus’s are CAT3b, which at Luton is vital. EasyJet toyed with Head Up Dispalys for low vis approaches in the 737 which allowed a small reduction in required minima but still not as good as other Boeings or Airbus.
In helicopters the commander sits in the right seat in most and the left seat in some! I’m sure that the only rule that applies to helicopters is that there is no rules!!!
I can however shed some light into why the captain sits on the left in fixed wing aircraft though, although there are several more reasons in addition to the historical one I quote here. Many years ago ships used to dock in port with their left sides towards the port. The rudder (or steerboard) was traditionally to one side rather than directly on the stern so was placed on the right hand side so as not to foul on the land. This is why we have PORT for left and STARBOARD for right. Therefore big boats generally board on the port side and this tradition has carried on right through into aviation. The Captain needs to be able to see that the door is closed (or at least that the boarding area is clear and be told that the door is shut) before starting engines and on arrival see that the engine on that side is shut down before allowing the door to be opened, so he sits in the seat that allows him to view that area.
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