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USAF KC-10 (Retired ‘24) Lt Col Instructor/Evaluator & Airline 737 Captain. Views my own; think critically, verify sources & keep your seatbelt fastened. No DMs
Got a kid interested in aviation? Not sure how to help foster it? In the US, the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) will give kids from 8-17 their first flight in a small plane! I’ve flown a few; a great opportunity for kids & pilots, too! eaa.org/eaa/youth/free…
I think it’s a manufactured opinion that a small group of permanently miserable people is trying to push, because if they are miserable, they think you should be, too.
What do you think of this billboard? We're digging into this new push to ground the Seattle summer tradition and get the Blue Angels out of Seafair! Watch KIRO 7 News at 5:30 and 7pm.
Gotta say that watching my kids breeze through TSA while a bunch of adults struggle, navigate to the gate, pick up non-rev boarding passes when called, then find their own seats apart from me & each other – all on their own as I trail to let them lead – makes me proud.
No. The short sleeve shirt and tie put a man on the moon and is found in most every airliner cockpit. America is an aerospace republic - and here we respect the short sleeve shirt and tie.
My brothers in Christ, wearing a tie with a short sleeve collared shirt should be ILLEGAL.
Hear our prayer, @nonrevgod I do not try in the Sumer, but the kids have not seen their cousins in too long. We begin at the crack of dawn, where we hope some will oversleep. Get us to St Louis, we beg; we have listed early & used family vacation, as is written.
Sorry, but this is likely true. FAA is dancing around the politics, but there is a clear message.
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday the fatal crash last month of Air India flight 171 does not appear to have been caused by a mechanical issue or inadvertent movement of the fuel control unit or switches. "We can say with a high level of confidence…
Wanted to be a pilot as a kid. My parents & others told me I needed a 4.0 GPA & Air Force Academy to do it. I wasn’t that guy. I gave up. Then JFK Jr. crashed his plane. I thought he at least died doing something fun & had a good looking wife. Started lessons a week later.
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Flew out of Baltimore yesterday & noticed a sad DC-10 out on its own. Wondered about it…so looked it up. It’s the remains of “World Airways 8535”. It basically crashed at BWI in 2009, but then actually went around, back into the sky. Pilot error x2. They hit so hard their…
True, but there are *many* caveats to what “Autoland” (& automation) can do. In the 737, the maximum autoland headwind is 25 knots, crosswind 15 knots, tailwind 10 knots. For a human, the same limits are: headwind (no limit), crosswind 37 knots (varying down to 15 knots on…
Modern airliners equipped with autoland systems (and a trained crew) can fully land themselves in near-zero visibility using Instrument Landing System (ILS) without the pilots touching the controls.
These stats really show how dangerous it was to be an airman in WW2. If you´re ever curious, go check the ASN entries on 1943... the amount of (registered) air crashes/losses his just overwhelming
Blimey. When you put it like that… @RAFMUSEUM @WeHaveWaysPod @ww2headquarters
American is in a different position than Delta & United, with some disappointing earnings. One reason is large amounts of debt compared to the others. That is a hole they’ll need time to dig out from. stocks.apple.com/AWejgsZ18Q62u-…
