Clearly he felt he was under pressure from upper management. Would not have happened back in 1963 when the company was flight testing the radical (for the time) B727 and their engineers rightly held sway.

(Written on 2021年09月17日)(Permalink)

very good patrick!

(Written on 2021年09月13日)(Permalink)

There is a strong move under way right now to certify a totally unleaded avgas fuel in most GA a/c types. It's well advanced.

(Written on 2021年09月01日)(Permalink)

Can't read this article without paying. Have hit a paywall!

(Written on 2021年08月27日)(Permalink)

I watched the video of this tragedy and there is no way that he was in a landing phase. Possibly he experienced an engine failure which suddenly left him in an OEI situation in a twin at the exact time that he needed to outclimb steeply rising terrain.

(Written on 2021年08月15日)(Permalink)

Good story. Should be spelt 'their' B777s, not 'there'...

(Written on 2021年08月05日)(Permalink)

If they do manage to achieve this goal, it will be achieved by stealing IP. They haven't been able to develop a reliable, efficient high bypass ratio jet engine for a subsonic commercial airliner...

(Written on 2021年07月20日)(Permalink)

I don't understand why it was necessary that the "automation" took it upon itself to shut BOTH engines down once it had detected that the a/c was on the ground. WOW switches have been known to fail. The possibility of a faulty WOW sensor/s then having the potential to hand you a double engine shutdown whilst airborne. That couldn't happen on an F28!

(Written on 2021年07月19日)(Permalink)

Same here! Very annoying.

(Written on 2021年06月20日)(Permalink)

I'm already reaching for my copy of "The L1011 Tristar and The Lockheed Story" (circa 1973) on my bookshelf...

(Written on 2021年06月19日)(Permalink)