Aviation MegaThread!!!!

Boeing has all-time record orders pouring in.

Yep.

I wrenched on a whole bunch of aircraft, and they all had their pro's and con's, but in line maintenance the Airbus is the least troublesome, and easiest to to get 'fit for flight' again.

Paul.

Boeing are making some bold claims about scheduled maintenance and general reliability of this carbon fibre wonder, as you would expect I guess.

What do those in the know make of this? Will we be seeing a steady stream of bulletins once these get some hours on them?

Too bad they couldn't build some of it in the South. But Obama and his Unionistas fixed that.

This is Shiny things, not CS&M.

Just returned from NATO's Libyan campaign.

Oh that's right. I forgot about the airman at the Jstars. I did see plenty of airmen with thier M9s on wandering around as well. But there was a lot more security at B2.

And, yes that was a great airshow. One of the best I have ever seen.

Gunner45

Thank you for your service.

S.C.

Not me. I'm just commenting on recent RCAF actions.

Ah. OK. Sorry about that.

S.C.

The ones by the B2 seemed more serious and ready
the others seemed to stand back more
Next year im going to get a video recorder
and be behind the base looking down on nellis (hollywood/alto)

went there for the thunderbird show
More of a wide angle view of the show

A disaster that almost, but didn't, happen....

what was the full report?

Heyload... What's the story on the tail draggin' 747?

NFE

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As the attached e-mail reads that came with the photograph:​

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EVA Air Boeing 747-45EM taking off from runway 36L at Amsterdam Schiphol, Netherlands. The great timing and angle just makes this shot, and the size of the plane just looks surreal. The distance to the fence was about 145 meters (around 475 ft.). Damned close, really. I'm wondering how the computed take-off data compared to the actual event.​

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From the smallest to the largest aircraft, weight & balance calculations are a critical part of flight safety. From the looks of this aircraft, the weight was within the C.G. envelope, but I reckon if they had added one more marshmallow to each snack tray the outcome might have been a bit different.


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holy shitballs, batman!!!
Story on it somewhere?
linky?

ohh my...

They fly in and out of DFW all the time.



Edit: Anyone know what's up with the wrinkling of the skin above the wing there?

Reminds me of the time I was leaving Japan on my way home from Korea in a 'Stretch 8'. Me and another AF guy were watching out the window as the 'runway remaining' markers went by. '1' went by and we were still on the ground. :eek1 Didn't clear the fence by much. The Army guys didn't have a clue. Crappiest plane ride I ever took.

I don't know how any one could determine that B744 was within weight and balance by that photo.