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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 02:50 PM Original message |
Breaking: American Flight 862 with 132 people on board |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yikes. It'll probably be on TV--Ghoul Alert! Ghoul Alert! Hope it turns out OK. I won't watch. |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Stuck nosewheel...not a big deal. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Any emergency landing is potentially a big deal. |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. I wouldn't even call it an "emergency" landing. This happens often and nobody ever gets a scratch |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. It is when you're on the plane.. |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is a standard profile during recurrent training.... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. No fuel dumping anymore. |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I thought 75s have OJTs.... |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. According to the commercial passenger pilot on MSNBC.... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Trust me. I was an MD-80 captain. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Hell, I don't even know what that plane is that you captained!! |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. McDonnell-Douglas MD-80 (originally called the DC-9-80) |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Hey, thank you! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. You're kidding. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The B-737/757, Airbus A-320 family and MD-80 have no fuel dump capability. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I just called my flight test/ferry pilot buddy. Damn. You're right. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. From American's website, it looks like AA-862 is a MD-80. |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yep, just confirmed that..... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. There are some real old 727s flying in the world with fuel dump capability. |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Thank goodness for that.... |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. The other idiotic thing.... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Probably the same writ I took in the mid-1970s. |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You probably remember the chart.... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 06:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Great sig quote. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. All is well, on the ground safe & sound. n/t |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. I enjoy watching coverage of such 'events' for one reason. |
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rsmith6621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Just Another Day In The Aviation Industry..... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Perhaps. At the same time, for someone with |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Me too. DemoTex and trof - if they were on board, I'd be there. |
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Johnyawl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. If he{DemoTex} was flying, I'd go, and I wouldn't be scared. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Hi Johnyawl! |
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Johnyawl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Hi Julie |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. No kin. Johnson demonstrated "energy management." My friend Bob Hoover perfected it. |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I had the pleasure of seeing Mr Hoover do the Aero Commander routine |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 06:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Amen |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
30. I was on a San Juan to Miami |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
32. i have been in one of these sorts of landings |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 07:04 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. A colleague of mine was on a domestic flight in Columbia |
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