you can also see those vortices when it's humid at F1 races as air is
forced across the rear wings when the cars are on long straights or
gentle curves.
LarryT
On 03/18/2017 11:26 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
Back in the late 90s i took a BA flt BOS-LHR on a 747, first class on
the
We used to sail Albacores out of the marina at the south end of the runway
at National, and in the summer there is often no wind in the morning. So
the game was to catch the tip vortices from landing aircraft. They would
either knock a boat flat or send it planing across the water for a good
distan
Back in the late 90s i took a BA flt BOS-LHR on a 747, first class on
the upper deck. Pilots left the door open the whole flight, taxi,
takeoff, etc. and invited us in to come visit "once it is safe to move
around the cabin." Young pilots too, I was kinda surprised. I sat with
them for quite
There is a similar story about the DC-6. Leaving the gust lock lever in the
locked position duringwould lock the horizontal stabilizer in a slight "up"
attitude, which could easily be compensated for by dialing in some trim. At
least once the lock was accidentally engaged in flight, and like a
I remember when I was a kid they used to let you go up to the cockpit. Seems
strange now.
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> On Mar 18, 2017, at 6:53 AM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfgO90yGusI
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> On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Larry Turner via Mercedes
I seem to remember seeing something about that on a show a while back. Not sure
how long ago that happened.
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> On Mar 18, 2017, at 6:46 AM, Larry Turner via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> Speaking of A380s, there was a show on Smithonian channel called "Air
> Disasters" which feat
Back in the 80s, the USAF had a program for spouses to ride along on
designated "safe" training missions. This program suddenly ended when one
such C135 crashed, killing all aboard. The investigation concluded that a
spouse in the left seat had clicked in a bunch of nose-down trim (thinking
she w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfgO90yGusI
On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Larry Turner via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Speaking of A380s, there was a show on Smithonian channel called "Air
> Disasters" which features various airliner/aircraft incidents. Yesterday
> they featured
Speaking of A380s, there was a show on Smithonian channel called "Air
Disasters" which features various airliner/aircraft incidents. Yesterday
they featured a A380 with a crew of 3 that was on auto pilot when the
pilot brought his (9 ur old?) daughter and 15 yr old son into the
cockpit and he f
Nope, not thrust, but weight makes the wake turbulence. Any heavy aircraft,
even gliding with minimal thrust makes massive rolls of air. Always touch
down on landing beyond the touch down point of a "heavy", and always
lift-off before the point the "heavy" lift's off when following one on
take-off.
They probably should have been further apart even if it wasn't a 380
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> On Mar 17, 2017, at 2:44 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> Yes, but the smaller plane was no Piper Cub. It was a twin engine jet.
> The air traffic controllers need to keep these things separat
Yes, but the smaller plane was no Piper Cub. It was a twin engine jet.
The air traffic controllers need to keep these things separated by more air.
There was only a thousand vertical feet between them when the A380
passed overhead.
RB
On 17/03/2017 2:40 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
With a plane that big it takes a lot of thrust to keep it going which really
stirs up the air behind it.
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> On Mar 17, 2017, at 1:59 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> http://avherald.com/h?article=4a5e80f3
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