RE: THE !!!!!! airliner
Yes, Mongu was right with his first answer. Concorde was for many years the only aircraft in BA’s fleet that was painted white (the rest where silvery off-white) due to the fact that the skin heats up phenomenally due to friction with the air. I often wondered whether the cause of the rudder problems on Concorde (a few years ago now) were because the top of the fin was painted and occasionally exposed to more load than originally thought.
I would guess that Pepsi would have preferred the prestige of their colour scheme being allowed to go supersonic.
RE: THE !!!!!! airliner
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 17-09-02 AT 09:50 AM (GMT)]oops finger trouble! See next post!
RE: Suggest me a name
If it’s not too late, how about Chairman (short for Chairman Miaooww)!
RE: Suggest me a name
If it’s not too late, how about Chairman (short for Chairman Miaooww)!
RE: THE !!!!!! airliner
When painted up in Pepsi colours it wasn’t allowed to go supersonic.
RE: Time to divert !!!
I’m afraid to say that those figures just aren’t possible. The highest performance competition glider has a glide ratio (distance forward to distance down in still air) of about 60:1. Therefore the best glider can go 60 nautical miles forward for 1 nautical mile (6080′) of altitude. Therefore in 1000′ the glider will only achieve 10nm. The captain being quoted is implying a glide ratio of nearly 150:1. The most efficient soaring bird (the albatross) is claimed to have a glide ratio of 20:1, which incidentally is the same figure as was quoted for the TriStar.
Glide ratio is in actual fact irrelevant in most multiple engine failure scenarios as the first priority is to get an engine going again. As there is currently no bleed air supply available to power the starter motors the only way to start the engines is to do a windmill start which requires the nose to be lowered to achieve a speed of typically 300 knots. This will give enough airflow through the engine to hopefully allow the engine to accelerate when fuel and ignition are added to the equation. Obviously if you have run out of fuel (doh!) there is no point going for a relight but then you probably wouldn’t know that fuel starvation was the cause of the failure or you would have done something about it sooner.
Hope this helps.
RE: Pic Of The Day- Meet the family!
Arrgghhh, Beech 1900d’s. Don’t you mean ugly ducklings, Saab?
RE: User names
wysiwyg – What You See Is What You Get
My friends say I am fairly direct in my approach to things.
RE: User names
wysiwyg – What You See Is What You Get
My friends say I am fairly direct in my approach to things.
RE: Engine failure
The amount of time specified for ETOPS approval is dependent upon the type and the operator up to a maximum of 180 minutes.
To answer the original question about when you decide to divert – it basically depends on how many systems you have. In simple (and generalised) terms when you are down to your last item it’s time to go elsewhere. e.g. – engine failure in a twin, divert as any further loss results in becoming a glider. Loss of air conditioning pack, divert as any further loss means decompression. There are some tricks however; if you lose one of your two generators you can start up the APU and use its generator avoiding the need to divert.
RE: Engine failure
Damn, I wrote a full explanation last night and today it is gone because of the bulletin board software problem. If I get time I’ll rewrite it later.
RE: Airline Humour
THE EVOLUTION OF A FLIGHT ATTENDANT
IF SHE’S BEEN FLYING FOR ONE MONTH
She blushes at dirty jokes
She wants to marry a captain
She thinks that a flight attendant’s work leaves her intelligent
She reads ‘What Every Girl Should Know’
She thinks all men are nice
She wears her wings with pride
IF SHE’S BEEN FLYING FOR SIX MONTHS
She smiles at dirty jokes
She wants to marry a second officer
She thinks that a flight attendant’s work leaves her fairly intelligent
She reads ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’
She thinks some men are nice
She wears her wings happily
IF SHE’S BEEN FLYING FOR ONE YEAR
She laughs at dirty jokes
She wants to marry a ramp agent
She thinks that a flight attendant’s work leaves her intelligent enough
She reads ‘The Art of Love’
She hopes some men are nice
She wears her wings doubtfully
IF SHE’S BEEN FLYING FOR THREE YEARS
She tells dirty jokes
She wants to marry a man
She thinks that a flight attendant’s work leaves her a little intelligence
She reads ‘How to Live Alone and Like It’
She knows all men are not nice
She still wears her wings
IF SHE’S BEEN FLYING FOR FIVE YEARS
She invents dirty jokes
She wants to marry
She would rather not have to think
She reads ‘To Have and to Hold’
She would rather wear a ring
IF SHE’S BEEN FLYING FOR TEN YEARS
She is the girl in the dirty jokes
She wants to marry, “but after all, is it really necessary?”
She can’t think
She reads ‘Fact is Better Than Fiction’
She is glad all men are not nice
She wears a mink
RE: Various interesting things
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 08-09-02 AT 08:54 PM (GMT)]I’ve met Bruce a few times at various aviation establishments in the past and he really is a nice guy.
In summer season, when charter aircraft are delayed it can take several days to catch up the schedules. Block times are tight and sometimes you depart 15 minutes late because the aircraft was 15 minutes late getting in. The schedule is so tight that there is very little opportunity to get that 15 minutes back. We try by getting direct routings and using different levels giving more favourable winds but you cannot always find these.
BA’s regional fleet is like an aviation circus because most of these types are operated by different airlines using the brand name. The decision of which aircraft type that company operates does not rest with BA.
RE: Have a drink on me…
I agree fully about the lack of wisdom in duty free sales both in the form of glass bottles and liquor.
RE: 911 Silence
Fully agree with Saab and Ja.