I can’t think of any other aircraft that would shed a control surface like that especially at slow speeds.

When in doubt, blame the pilots.

Is your aviation group associated with the RAF?

Pre-promotion pic whilst still driving ERJ-145’s. “Somewhere over the Alps”

Glad to see another ERJ pilot. 🙂

Cute flight attendant you have there BTW. 😀

Thanks Pablo. What a bizarre arrangement.

Who is Peter Max and is he severely visually impaired?

I don’t think I’ve met a pilot who likes that paint scheme yet. Blah, I’m glad to hear that someday it will only be a memory.

As for Peter Max, he’s an artist who became popular in the 1960’s with his “Cosmic” art style. How he was chosen to repaint a 777 for Continental is beyond me.

http://www.petermax.com/

In our ERJ-145’s (and all ERJ’s for that matter) there is a cap on the yoke stamped with the Embraer logo. It didn’t take to long for some pilot to realize that you can “pop” off the cap and write your own words of wisdom inside the cap for the next pilot to read. It’s ususally some comment aimed at our current company additude so there have been a lot of contract words left there lately. So far my favorite words of wisdom to find under the cap as we blast along at 31,000 feet?

“Rome wasn’t built in a day, but this jet was.” 🙂

Man, that makes me laugh everytime I read that. 😀

Very sharp pictures Fredseg1, I look forward to your future contributions.

Is that a 737-700? I know the US Navy operates them under the designation of the C-40 Clipper but for some reason that doesn’t look like a 737NG. The only quick way for me to tell is the placement of the pitot tubes and those look to be consistant with the old 737’s, not the 737NG.

No, it’s an RB.162-86 5250 lb thrust boost jet, fed by side inlets normally sealed by power-actuated doors. Used during take-off and initial climb. Only installed on Trident Threes.

Very unusual. Any idea how it was controlled by the crew? Did it have thrust control or was it just lit and run at full power?