Hangar Chat

It aggravates me to see Pete Dowson's name misspelled as "Dawson" on the AVSIM headline for the Reader's Choice award. Not once, but twice, like the guys writing it don't really know his name. Strikes me like a guy who thinks he knows me calling me "Rob" instead of Bob. I'll bet Tim Allensworth would agree with me on this.

Ouch! I just saw this crash landing on the news, just north of Miami on the Florida Turnpike... Total hull loss, as the fuselage split at the firewall.

(CNN) -- A 65-year-old man flying from California to Hawaii was forced to ditch his plane in the Pacific Ocean on Friday night 13 miles off the coast of Hilo after running out of gas, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Fortunately he was rescued without injury. Watch the video. Cheers, - jahman.

Check this out.an amazing Show of B744 (Front), B777 (second), B763 (third) and B738 (last) for the Independence day of 2010.you can see that all those EL AL airline pilots are all ex-military pilots :) http://www.youtube.c...u/7/UBXfViT_BzA I wonder if we can do such thing in VATSIM with FSX :)

Hey All, Just wondering if anyone else is planning on attending the AVSim social this Saturday, or is it just going to be me and the AVSim folks getting drunk at the Hilton :->

Hello, I came across this interesting item on Ebay- it is a Mode Cockpit selector panel from a 747 Classic. It was removed as the aircraft itself was scrapped. This looks like a fascinating item for any 747 fan. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Boeing-747-Aircraft-Flight-Mode-Cockpit-Selector-Panel-Grimes-75-0147-9-/230683349500?pt=Motors_Aviation_Parts_Gear&hash=item35b5cc91fc#ht_609wt_1163

I have ASE setup to give wake turbulence the problem though it gives it from any plane, not just big jets. is this realistic? I thought little planes can't give much off?

Hi folks, It's a simple question: which is visually better; FEX or REX? But as simple as it is to ask I just can't seem to pin down an answer. Of course the question of which gives the better Bang for the Buck is another one that has often been answered in place of the "Which is Better" question. But the Bang for the Buck question doesn't answer which is visually better. So how about some of you guys that have one of the 2, (or both), can you give your opinion here please? If it helps, (and it may), I have GEX NA, GEX AFME, UTX USA and UTX Alaska. In addition to that I have Scenery tech's South America and Africa. And also FTX PNW and a whole lot of little add-on airstri…

Wasn't really sure where to put this, but here seems as good a place as any. Off to London working for the next three days, so if anyone PMs me (which seems to happen a fair bit) and doesn't get a reply, that'd be why and it'll not be me being ignorant (or at least no more so than usual LOL). Dunno how good the hotel's intertron connection will be, hopefully okay. Al

I have FRAPS, but I'm looking for something to record what the screen is doing OUTSIDE of games, when working in Windows (like tutorial making). Anything like that available?

The fuel efficiency exceeds 400 mgp (that's four hundred miles per gallon). The twin-fuselage offers added efficiency for taking in-laws along. Cheers, - jahman.

Hello everybody. So, I've decided to join this forum, because I love planes. I'm not a pilot. I'm not even a pilot in training. In fact, I am a terrible pilot who doesn't even manage to fly without hitting "overspeed" at least once, unless I use autothrottle set below the max speed.But I still love them planes, and I still love flying them in FS9.My favourite planes are commercial airliners, the C-130 and the A-10 Thunderbolt II. Oh, and the Turboprop planes like the Dash-8. Love those sounds. I live in the general approach/takeoff area of Frankfurt Airport, and I get to see and hear planes every day and every night, all few minutes.Sometimes, I imagine I actually know wh…

ive never seen a 737 as cargo... accordibg ti wikipedia, fedex, out of the boieng party, only had 757 and 727s i believe. why dont they choose the 737? its efficient, spacious? instead they go with airbuses a300s and mcdonald douglass md11s...

Looking for some help with this if anyone's got it?

Yes, it's an advert and BA propaganda, but excellent nonetheless...

When Boeing or Airbus specifies Maximum range for an airliner model, does that not include the required reserves, or is that an absolute maximum including reserves? For example Boeing claims a 3265nm range for it's 737-900ER, Is it's absolute range limit 3265nm, or is it more like 3500-3600nm inclusive of required reserves? Thanks

Folks, I wonder if there is a place where METARs from the past are archived. I'd be looking for a few specific METARs from a specific location on a certain day, but that was like ten years ago. Any hint would be appreciated!

The 400XT is a re-manufactured Hawker Beechcraft Beechjet Model 400. I love the Beechjets, so I loved this video. The changes to the Nextant re-manufacture program include: -Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 Avionics suite-WI FJ44-3AP engines-2,000NM+ Range-New cabin layouts

Hmmm, something seems to not make sense here.....which is typical of newspaper articles of airline incidents. Which button do you suspect the co-pilot hit to cause this problem ? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/japanese-plane-nose-dived-after-co-pilot-hit-wrong-button-to-open-cockpit-door/article2184265/ Mark.

insurance rates go down, I would assume? do you think passengers feel more safe if a charter company would hangar there a/c VS's one that does not? more comfortable to work on as far as mechanics go, etc, yes? any others?

Nothing to do with aviation but I wanted to share this vid with you.Look at this kid. He IS the music.His joy and enthousisasm are simply unique.Wonderful Jonathan :--)

as per CNN [updated 8:43 p.m. ET] Officials from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are on the scene in Reno, Nevada, where a plane crashed Friday in front of a grandstand at the National Championship Air Races and Air Show, a spokesman for the show said.Members of the National Guard, which were on-site for the show, are also assisting in the response, air show spokesman Mike Draper said.[updated 8:41 p.m. ET] "There are people still being escorted out of that area with various injuries," a spokesman for a Nevada air show said early Friday evening, shortly after a P-51 plane crashed in front of a grandstand.Mike Draper said he…

Hey folks, found this to be quite interesting. Look how long it takes from idle to full thrust on the real deal (alright it's a FFS, but still) in the case of an impending stall condition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD2pA9rsJP8(skip to 4:10) Like ten seconds! Quite impressive. It's something people get told over and over, as obviously this is also important on a go-around, but seeing how long it really takes is quite fascinating. Watch how slow it is in the lower thrust range. It literally takes forever to get it accelerated, until at some point is seems to "bite", maybe 70-80% N1 or so. Also, I often see Airbuses that call out weird altitudes. We all know the usual -…

Hi guys & girls, Could some one give me a heads up on a good FREE broadband usage program to monitor how much is being used over a month period. Thanks in advance.

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