Hangar Chat

Why we board aircraft from the left?Because horses were mounted from the left. The early pioneers of flight often had experience of horses and out of habbit boarded their primative aircraft from the left. World war 1 aces carried on the practise, infact Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (the red barron) was an acomplished horse rider giving him excellent balance, a skill that was usefull in his fokker triplane. Overtime people become accustomed to this and the idea stuck.Dave

Well, this is an interesting airline that I've read a little about before, seems they start service tomorrow, for $10 a ticket (not all tickets are this low) they could cramp me into the most uncomfortable seat they could imagine. Looks like they're using an Airbus 319 from the picture on this article.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18785438/Edit to say, from looking at their route map, I'm shocked they don't offer service to my hometwon, Las Vegas, that would be at least a third of their ticket sales even among all the other destinations. Edit again to say, that I just realized how much even a single gate at KLAS would cost them, and though LA is offered, I don't see them …

Greetings,Is there a forum, which covers TS 2? If so, please direct me to it - if not, can I request help here?Thanks.

Anyone can buy me this:http://www.gulfstream.com/g150/Start saving now!!Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

Microsoft very dissatisfied with their past SDK material as shown by the las sentence from the SDK/SP1A update::+ The NetPipes SDK, ABL SDK and Weather Themes SDK are being deprecated, and are no longer supportedWonder why Microsoft would deprecate their own information???? hmmmm. :-lolRegards,Dick BoleyA PC, an LCD, speakers, CH yoke:P :( :( :+ Regards,Dick BoleyA PC, an LCD, speakers, CH yoke

Hi All,Just listening to the radio yesterday, and on came an article about Michael O Learys Ryanair planning to expand their low cost airline business across the Atlantic from Ireland/Europe to the US by purchasing from Boeing a number of 787 Dreamliners in the near future. The article stated that O Leary has huge influence over at Boeing, and if Ryanair decide to purchase the 787, they will jump the queue of potential purchasers to become one of the first airlines to operate the new plane. The fares could begin for as little as

I am so sorry to read this....the Snowbirds are always a joy to see.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070519/ap_on_.../snowbird_crash-John

Maybe this belongs in Hangar Chat...but I'm not to sure. I think it should be posted in every forum :-)http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/894/894201/imgs_1.html

For any German speakers out there, there's an interesting but frightening documentary on the Ueberlingen collision here:http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/inhalt/11/0...wm_1500,00.htmlJohn

Hey everyone... I got a question. I just bought a new LCD TV, and I got a DVI to HDMI cable along with it to hook it up via those connections. However, the display with those connections is really jittery along solid lines. i.e., solid images done flicker, but lines and text do. Does anyone know why this is happening and what I should do? I switched the VGA and the display looks fine. Thanks for any help!

Does anybody know what's happened to S3? The website (www.shuttlesim.be) is down.Thanks,Jacob Fordham

As im sure you have seen on the news and etc, every green party here to 41,000 feet is blaming avation the green house warming issue, if you want to go on holiday on a 757 or get chucked into the seat on a t7 at heathrow again sign this petition http://www.gopetition.com/online/12222.html P.s- tell your friends and any other fourms you know

Has Frontier Airlines A318 N810FR been delivered? Also what routes will it fly on?

I just got done reading an article in Flying magazing about how bizarre Paris's CDG airport is for a US pilot to fly into and taxi around.So I brought up my google map (actually google world) and took a look see. Well, it is quite messed up in terms of overall layout. Then got me looking at others as I am an architect by profession.nice ones...Hong KongDenver Coloradothe worst...London Heathrow - and I mean by far! I have never been there, but I have no idea how that random collection of structures even begins to work as anything much less an airport. It is a total maze, I still cant figure it out.Can you think of others, good or bad in terms of general layout?

The subject line about says it all. Why do we suddenly see the word finals describing the final approach phase of a flight? To me, final is the shortened form of final approach and finals is the shortened form of final exams.I've noticed it more and more in these forum and then today on AVSIM's front page. If finals is the abreviation, then should we call the last leg of the landing pattern finals approach or is it final approaches? Do you RW pilots see the phrase, "turning finals," or "on finals," in AOPA or similar publications or is it a sim thing?R-

Just saw on the news that a COA 757 departed then had an engine fail. the pilots were able to return safely. Was looking on the news website and I didnt see anything even though it was just on the 9pm news.Here's a few sites to check if you want to follow up on it. Maybe they'll post something soon.www.khou.comwww.abc13.comwww.click2houston.comwww.myfoxhouston.com:-wave

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skybus_Airlines. Incredible. I bet seat reclining is $.50 per 10 minutes of recline. Can you believe 156 seats on an A319.People must have to have their knees resting on someone's seatback too!

While reading through Salon.com I came across a weekly column titled "Ask a Pilot". It covers a wide range of subjects about the airline industy. Check it out here. http://dir.salon.com/topics/ask_the_pilot/ Hope you enjoy it.Dave FisherCYYZP4 Prescott 3.2e 478p 800mhz 1mg CPUP4P800SE Asus Motherboard2.5 gig PC3200 DDR RAM 400MHZGeForce 7600GT/512 OC'dMaxtor 80 Gig ATA 133 HD x2WDC WD800 80 Gig HDAntec 500watt true powerSharp 19 inch LCD MonitorLogitech Extreme 3D pro Joystickhttp://fs2crew.com/linepilot.jpghttp://www.jdtllc.com/images/rcv4bannersupporter.jpg

Looks like it's coming together now. http://www.vought.com/newsFactGallery/rele...007/050807.htmlSee the image gallery too.

Larry;I'd have sent you a PM but you seem to have it disabled. I noticed a pic you had uploaded of Zion National Park and wondered if you would be willing to chat with me about it, and some other places in your neck of the woods. I have promised my 8 year old Grandson a trip out to the Four Cornersregion this summer in my motorhome and would be very interested in getting some first hand info. If you have time to give me some info contact me at ddunton at fidnetdot com.

Have been wondering for some time, what is that long vertical needle-like probe that sticks out downward from below these WWII aircraft wing? Is that a temperature probe?Lep

A woman was flying from Seattle to San Francisco when unexpectedly the plane diverted to Sacramento. The flight attendant explained that there would be a delay and if passengers wanted to get off the aircraft the plane would re-board in 50 minutes.Everybody got off except an elderly blind lady with her seeing eye-dog lying quietly underneath the seat in front of her.The attendant asked if she would you like to get off and stretch her legs. She declined but said that she

All of a sudden this is what what I get:EDIT: Image violates our size restrictions and this message was posted in the wrong forum.And that is also happening at other Alaskan airports, I dont have a clue on how to start trouble shooting this pronlem.Thanks all,Chief

Guys,I'm looking for a program that can end all non-essential background programs. Any advice. Windows seems to be running far to many applications n the background and I have no idea what half of them are. Currently running 59!Also - how do I stop programs automatically loading in the quickstart menu ?ThanksEric

Just in case you need a laugh:Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a highschool diploma to fix one. Reassurance for those of us who fly routinelyin our jobs.After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a "gripe sheet," which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanicscorrect the problems, document their repairs on the form, and thenpilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never let it besaid that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actualmaintenance complaints submitted by UPS pilots (marked with a P) and thesolutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.By the way, UPS is the…