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Playing with airliners...

Postby 3WE » Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:40 am

Fundamental airmanship skills slapping controls around and putting aircraft through their paces...

http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/14/58993 ... u-throw-up
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Re: Playing with airliners...

Postby Dummy Pilot » Tue Jul 15, 2014 6:03 pm

An empty light plane can do a zoom climb off the runway, bank up to 45 degrees and perform a touch and go? Revolutionary stuff. Those are some amazing engineers at Boeing.

Let's see if they can get into New York between the months of JUN-AUG without being subject to a GDP....then I'lll be impressed.

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Re: Playing with airliners...

Postby 3WE » Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:53 pm

...zoom climb off the runway, bank up to 45 degrees and perform a touch and go? Revolutionary stuff...
It is kind of graceful.

But as you point out, it ignores some of the more important items with the addition of overhead bin space, seat pitch and IFE.
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Re: Playing with airliners...

Postby reubee » Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:09 am

Its my understanding that this particular airframe goes to Air New Zealand once its done with the certification process. I hope we got a good discount with all the unusual miles on the clock
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Re: Playing with airliners...

Postby Not_Karl » Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:51 am

The smoke from the smoldering batteries really adds to the show :clap: .
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Re: Playing with airliners...

Postby flyboy2548m » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:02 am

Let's see if they can get into New York between the months of JUN-AUG without being subject to a GDP....then I'lll be impressed.
I intend to do just that in about five hours from now. In an Airbus, no less.
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Re: Playing with airliners...

Postby flyboy2548m » Thu Jul 17, 2014 10:28 am

Got in 18 minutes early.
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Re: Playing with airliners...

Postby 3WE » Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:24 am

Airbus rules...

Boeing pwned...
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Re: Playing with airliners...

Postby flyboy2548m » Sat Jul 19, 2014 1:00 pm

Got to witness a Bendov....errr...Endeavour crew perform a go-around with a CR9 while we were taxiing back out for departure back to FLL. They left the gear hanging longer than I would have, but did't died.
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Re: Playing with airliners...

Postby Ancient Mariner » Mon Jul 21, 2014 9:54 am

I've seen the A380 do more impressive stuff in Singapore during the airshow there. Being closer to the action could have something to do with it, but still.
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Re: Playing with airliners...

Postby PurduePilot » Thu Jul 24, 2014 3:42 am

I've seen the A380 do more impressive stuff in Singapore during the airshow there. Being closer to the action could have something to do with it, but still.
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Re: Playing with airliners...

Postby Ancient Mariner » Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:01 am

I've seen the A380 do more impressive stuff in Singapore during the airshow there. Being closer to the action could have something to do with it, but still.
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Re: Playing with airliners...

Postby 3WE » Sat Jul 26, 2014 7:10 pm

I've seen the A320 do more impressive stuff in ...during the airshow there. Being closer to the action could have something to do with it, but still.
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Indeed, Per...

Settling into trees and crashing is a hell of a lot more impressive than a zoom climb!
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Re: Playing with airliners...

Postby Rabbi O'Genius » Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:24 pm

More of the same from a different and rather spectacular point of view. (@ 0:30)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYbM-3E11Qo

Edit: Ah Crap! J beat me to it in the 787 thread........
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