I understand that it's impractiable to weigh each and ever pax boarding our aircraft, but I think that at some point we're all flying over gross wether because of pax that weigh more than the standard or because of the "granny gas" we're loading on board. IMHO that is exactly what we should be doin...

Thats cool. But there had better be a back up to GPS.
....eLORAN

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A V1 cut would hurt a little

sissyphus wrote:How does Suhana Marchand have a job? She asks the stupidest questions. I can't take it.

She IS too much to take. I turned her off.

I guess its up to MythBusters now

Wow


...the wx might have been bad
...there might have been icing
...the pusher might not save your ass in every situation
...the plane might have been over-loaded
...in flight icing is very dangerous

Everyone stop flying because you might get hurt doing it.

I imagine the latter was what was attempted - guy was going nuts and trying to get out, cabin was dumped to knock him out, but didn't get knocked out fast enough, and the guy got the door finally opened up and jumped out. regards, MFA Thats the only way I see that door being opened in flight. With ...

bezerker wrote:
I truly can't understand why they just can't put in the taxi chart in the CAP a big box that says minimum airport operating visibility 1/2 mile or something obvious like that.

....noooo kidding

AuxBatOn wrote: Have you ever flown an aircraft to its service ceiling? If not, I can tell you it does not perform well at all...

i have

Specifications (UH-60L) Orthographically projected diagram of the UH-60A Black Hawk. Data from Encyclopedia of Modern Warplanes,[28] US Army Fact File,[29] Frawley[30] General characteristics * Crew: 2 pilots (flight crew) * Capacity: 2,640 lb of cargo internally, including 14 troops or 6 stretchers...

Am breaking a very long time away from this site for good reason, all FTUs should now get hold of the local media and assure them that all your aircraft are secure, you have policies in place to prevent this {watch out for media types climbing fences and stuff like that, to "test you"} allow only o...

how much redundency can be put in an aircraft anyways? Would it make you guys feel better if Soloy certified their TwinPac and certified it for the 12 and the 'van? Would it really make that much of a difference considering it still only has 1 transmission, gearbox, and prop? If not should they als...

OLIVER MOORE AND PETER CHENEY From Thursday's Globe and Mail March 26, 2009 at 5:08 AM EDT An order to replace a type of titanium fitting on the gearboxes of all Sikorsky S-92 helicopters has prompted intense debate among professional pilots over what to do in the kind of situation that led to a dea...

good point

Fuel problems. Maybe.
But it also looks like quite the post crash fire. I am thinking there was fuel in the tanks(???)

CNN is claiming a Pilatus PC12 has crashed in Butte Montana with 17 dead...do they have that many seats? Well typical configuration would have 9 pax seats but you could easily fit another in there no problem to make ten, however I don't think they are certified for that anywhere. So I guess with a ...

"Why is it they do not operate these machines where they are built if they are so safe ?Are european doctors and nurses more valuable than Canadian medical crews and patients ? Is it just another form of Rascism because most of the humans transported are northern residents ? Are they not worthy of ...

I really feel for all those involved, BUT.
This is a bit of a what if thing.

For example what if a commuter flight goes down in lets say Lake Superior. Its going to take at least a hour to get out to any Survivors. It would most likely be a U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter.
...all very sad stuff.