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by 3WE
Thu Nov 05, 2015 3:43 am
Forum: Airline Pilot Q&A
Topic: What's wrong with "Left" and "Right" runway designations?
Replies: 2
Views: 2925

What's wrong with "Left" and "Right" runway designations?

Ok, I get it, Dallas and Atlanta and Denver and now Chicago have too many parallel runways...so they cheat and number some of them 10 degrees off of what they would traditionally be... But why in the hell would some place like XNA not simply use "16 Left" and "16 Right"? http://1...
by 3WE
Thu Nov 05, 2015 3:42 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: What's "wrong" with Left and Right runway designations...
Replies: 9
Views: 4552

What's "wrong" with Left and Right runway designations...

Mispost....would Monchavo delete this?
by 3WE
Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:40 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: F.A.O.: Flyboy
Replies: 87
Views: 31602

Re: F.A.O.: Flyboy

Well darn, just as we develop a budding friendship razzing Brian and Evan, you go all serious and diplomatic and that questionably accurate, male-menopausal, supposed 747-super-guppy operator, fellow ATP dude suddenly likes you... even though you drive a 'Bus with a magenta line in it. :shock:
by 3WE
Wed Nov 04, 2015 6:41 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Russian Airliner Down
Replies: 12
Views: 4855

Re: Russian Airliner Down

Aft pressure bulkhead fails due to fatigue cracking that initiates at site of structural repair following 2001 tail strike. Pressure wave into aft body blows tail off the airplane. Plane tumbles through the air, breaking apart on descent. Hope this helps. Nah, it was a dual ELAC failure. I screwed ...
by 3WE
Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:03 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: F.A.O.: 3WE
Replies: 1071
Views: 241270

Re: F.A.O.: 3WE

...Even Amy wasn't like THAT! Well, she was like that with Tony, but that's a separate conversation... I didn't live in the big city when Al Gore turned on the internet, so I was a bit late to the party, but you early AD.commies had quite the fun and 'torrid' group! I'm just glad to have glimpsed i...
by 3WE
Tue Nov 03, 2015 3:06 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: F.A.O.: Flyboy
Replies: 87
Views: 31602

Re: F.A.O.: Flyboy

Do you have any ideas how airplanes work, or is it all just spider webs and magic to you? Oh c'mon, it's simple! You pull up, you go flying. You pull up relentlessly, and you go crashing. :lol: No, you have to memorize tons of acronyms, rules, regulations and checklists, and then not forget how to ...
by 3WE
Tue Nov 03, 2015 1:29 am
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: November, 2015 Flying Magazine
Replies: 5
Views: 2417

Re: November, 2015 Flying Magazine

Correction. 3BS strikes again. Two too many seats and a few too many knots to be a LSA. ...-The plane of the month is yet another high-winged, strutted, conventional gear, C-172-clone... Nevertheless, Cessna should pay off some politicians, get the 152 LSA designation, and restart the line. It'd be ...
by 3WE
Mon Nov 02, 2015 8:56 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Television...
Replies: 1
Views: 1390

Television...

Anyone interested, or will it just be Sickbag asking, at a much later date, if any donkeys are involved?

http://www.startrek.com/article/new-sta ... nuary-2017
by 3WE
Mon Nov 02, 2015 8:44 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Russian Airliner Down
Replies: 12
Views: 4855

Re: Russian Airliner Down

How many crashes have their been from tail strikes and blown out back bulkheads?

Time for some decent tail skids and structure to support them!

And no more composites, FBW nor lithium batteries!

Ban all airplanes!
by 3WE
Mon Nov 02, 2015 7:25 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: F.A.O.: Flyboy
Replies: 87
Views: 31602

Re: F.A.O.: Flyboy

Do you have any ideas how airplanes work, or is it all just spider webs and magic to you?
by 3WE
Mon Nov 02, 2015 2:51 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: November, 2015 Flying Magazine
Replies: 5
Views: 2417

Re: November, 2015 Flying Magazine

I was disappointed that you did not comment on this:
-A full page add for newly manufactured Junkers F13’s. http://www.rimowa-f13.com/#home
Something makes me think, that even diving, it could not_go fast enough to catch up with the falling roll of toilet tissue.
by 3WE
Sun Nov 01, 2015 3:17 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: November, 2015 Flying Magazine
Replies: 5
Views: 2417

November, 2015 Flying Magazine

In my quest to learn just enough to irritate Boeing Bobby (and learn not_enough to keep from being corrected by Flyboy), I present this summary of the November 2015 Obscure Flying Magazine: Of major, bold-font news: -Yet another new editor in chief. -A full page add for newly manufactured Junkers F1...
by 3WE
Sun Nov 01, 2015 10:34 am
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Russian Airliner Down
Replies: 12
Views: 4855

Re: Russian Airliner Down

In today's news, Les Abend looks at a flight tracking website and concludes that there was an aerodynamic stall. (Please let this not be the result of an intentional, relentless, and clueless pull up.) http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/31/opinions/abend-russia-plane-crash-egypt/index.html?eref=rss_latest A...
by 3WE
Sat Oct 31, 2015 7:38 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: Flight Report- and request for Flyboy/Dummy reply
Replies: 1
Views: 1165

Flight Report- and request for Flyboy/Dummy reply

I didn’t died and takeoff flaps were set before forward movement on all flights and IFE was good visibility, few clouds and map and GPS apps on my Android (operated with airplane mode on). But I have one genuine, slightly-strange occurrence to report and one humorous one. Strange occurrence: While l...
by 3WE
Fri Oct 30, 2015 11:03 am
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Dramatic Photos of Dynamic Airliner Fire
Replies: 4
Views: 2578

Re: Dramatic Photos of Dynamic Airliner Fire

For some reason, I think I now have a "no-fly list" (not that I'd ever have a need to fly these guys).

Excrement transpires, but to start laying down big-ass puddles of jet fuel, methinks the maintenance might not be up to par.
by 3WE
Fri Oct 30, 2015 12:57 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: F.A.O.: Flyboy
Replies: 87
Views: 31602

Re: F.A.O.: Flyboy

Good to see you're still around. I'm just not convinced that people who had post counts in the tens of thousands, or people who craved attention like air, or people who married MB-driving butchers and, or people who lived above a chorizo restaurant (all of whom were also very prolific) would just s...
by 3WE
Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:10 am
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: Jetphotography...
Replies: 7
Views: 3421

Re: Jetphotography...

Cool video, but a seriously stupid thing to do. They were behind the fence on the public beach... I'm thinking there's all sorts of considerations that make that fairly safe... ...although the normal video from this place is planes departing the other way and folks 'enjoying' the jet blast and rece...
by 3WE
Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:25 am
Forum: Airline Pilot Q&A
Topic: Are Krueger flaps bad?
Replies: 4
Views: 2796

Re: Are Krueger flaps bad?

...And I think that it would be extremely cool to see the POTUS buzzing around in a DC-3...
Are you Evan?

The POTUS needs 4 engines...

A Connie or B-17 or B-29, maybe.
by 3WE
Mon Oct 26, 2015 10:23 pm
Forum: Airline Pilot Q&A
Topic: Are Krueger flaps bad?
Replies: 4
Views: 2796

Are Krueger flaps bad?

I only read Flying and over generalize, and talk out of my ass a lot, but I thought they improved airflow over the wing, generated drag, reduced stall spèed allowed lower landing speeds and improved altitude control. Please correct me, or better yet flame me for my misunderstandings. Thanks in advan...
by 3WE
Sun Oct 25, 2015 12:53 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: Jetphotography...
Replies: 7
Views: 3421

Jetphotography...

Folks at the fence with cameras do make some nice contributions...

http://flightclub.jalopnik.com/this-md- ... 1738479038

Is it just me or does the plane stay low for a few seconds before initiating the 'relentless' pull up?
by 3WE
Sat Oct 24, 2015 5:39 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: F.A.O.: Flyboy
Replies: 87
Views: 31602

Re: F.A.O.: Flyboy

Actually, BB sounds a little like a guy who posts under the name Preacher1 on this thread: http://flightaware.com/squawks/view/linked/email/alert/25166/ He claimed to supposedly have done "fill-in" flying for four different airlines. All as Captain, of course. Creepy resemblance... Or a m...
by 3WE
Sat Oct 24, 2015 3:36 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: F.A.O.: Gabriel
Replies: 5
Views: 2466

Re: F.A.O.: Gabriel

¡Feliz cumpleaños! :D :clap:
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

(Mejor tarde que nunca :oops: ;) )
Good afternoon...what's new???

Damn, Spanish-speaking latinos... [/zenophobic, mono-lingual rant].
by 3WE
Sat Oct 24, 2015 1:26 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: F.A.O.: Flyboy
Replies: 87
Views: 31602

Re: F.A.O.: Flyboy

Actually, BB sounds a little like a guy who posts under the name Preacher1 on this thread: http://flightaware.com/squawks/view/linked/email/alert/25166/ He claimed to supposedly have done "fill-in" flying for four different airlines. All as Captain, of course. Creepy resemblance... My ign...
by 3WE
Sat Oct 24, 2015 10:46 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: New House
Replies: 3
Views: 2578

Re: New House

This is marriage to the female of the species....

...you were warned.

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