Get ready the 2019 Airshow season is upon us. Watch this to get in the mood and mark your
calendar for one near you:
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From: dickhendrickson@comcast.net
To: dwskjerven@aol.com
Sent: 4/25/2019 10:15:18 AM Central Standard Time
Subject: Latest On Ethiopian Air 737 MAX Crash......
Here is the latest detailed analysis of the Preliminary Accident Report
on the 737 MAX crashes starting with the latest Ethiopian Air Flight 302
one and finishing up with the Lion Air Flight 610 that was the previous
accident. The gentlemen doing the analysis are quite experienced with
longtime airline flying experience. Their resumes say it all and are
as follows: To: dwskjerven@aol.com
Sent: 4/25/2019 10:15:18 AM Central Standard Time
Subject: Latest On Ethiopian Air 737 MAX Crash......
A. Vaughn Cordle, CFA has 40 years of experience in the airline industry, including 20 years as an airline analyst for (and founder of) AirlineForcasts and Ionosphere Capital, LLC. He is currently a senior B787 captain for a major airline, with 34 years / 27 years as Captain and 25,000+ flight hours. Ratings, licenses, and awards include LRJET, CE500, A320, B727, B737, B747, B757, B767, B777, B787. CFII/MEI/Gold Seal Instructor, Flight Engineer.
B. Don McGregor is a B777 pilot for a major airline with 27 years of experience and over 7000 commercial flight hours; retired Air Force two-star general with 35 years of service; former National Guard Director of Strategy, Policy, Plans, and International Affairs; Lead advisor to a Member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Air Force fighter pilot and operational test pilot. He flew F-4 and F-16s with over 3300 flight hours and is an Air Force Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) graduate.
We have reviewed their analysis in detail and it is corroborated by the Flight Data Recorder graphical printout. We wholeheartedly sign-off on the analysis and conclusions.
Primarily the largest contributing factor in both accidents is Pilot Error and Pilot Experience Level. Some of the items that jumped out in the Ethiopian Air report are:
1. The power from the engines was left up at a very high setting throughout the entire flight. Subsequently the airspeed went to Vmo +40 knots, that's 40 knots beyond the max redline!
2. At that speed, about 380 knots indicated, the control forces on the trim system would be enormous.
3. When the Captain asked the F/O to manually trim the aircraft he used the switches on the yoke which were actually rendered inop because the stabilizer cutout switches on the pedestal were already activated, and he reported that manual didn't work to the Captain. Lack of system knowledge here, and in over his head.
4. When further directed by the Captain, out of frustration the F/O did move the manual trim wheel, but he MOVED IT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, adding more nose down. Totally unbelievable, and revealing the pilot being overwhelmed.
It was a difficult and tough read for us personally. The realization that this accident should not have happened at all, and the lives cut short is truly sad. The Lion Air crash also has many pilot error involved and they are spelled out in detail as well.
So there you have it, folks. It's a long read but very revealing. I suspect the final report will be very close to this one and its analysis. The news people are among the first to make it appear it was "an apparent equipment problem" when pilots know that these events with foreign third world airlines are almost always due to below standard pilot training and maintenance. Poor Boeing, they built in a computer system that needs a modicum of proper training. Unfortunately THEY have the deep pockets.
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From: dbina@comcast.net
To: dbina@comcast.net
Sent: 4/18/2019 10:56:52 PM Central Standard Time
Subject: Japan retires it's Phantoms
To: dbina@comcast.net
Sent: 4/18/2019 10:56:52 PM Central Standard Time
Subject: Japan retires it's Phantoms
The last of the LAST
Phantom’s to fly.
Great
video and it’s good to see it without the smoke trail that haunted our birds in
its early days.
Enjoy.
A
MAGNIFICENT JET, NEVER TO FLY AGAIN😢!
F-4E Phantom II -- the last of the manly
aircraft was what Hemingway must of had in mind when he wrote:
"You love a lot of things if you live around them. But here isn't any woman and there isn't any horse, not any before nor any after, that is as lovely as a great airplane. And men who love them are faithful to them even though they leave them for others. Man has one virginity to lose to fighters, and if it is a lovely airplane he loses it to, there is where his heart will forever be".
~ Ernest Hemingway
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From: dwskjerven@aol.com
Date: 5/22/2019 6:37:15 PM
Subject: Single
seat airliner
Interesting. DWS
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Boeing's new 797 could be built to fly with just one pilot on board
Boeing's next commercial jet design could come with a cockpit built for just one pilot, according to industry analysts. Rumors have swirled for months that the U.S. plane manufacturer will announce a New Midsize Airplane (NMA), dubbed by industry insiders as the 797, at the Paris Air Show next month. Plans for a big reveal may have been put on hold by Boeing's ongoing problem with its 737 Max planes, two of which have been involved in recent fatal crashes. Over the last few weeks, analysts at Jefferies have quizzed plane-buying executives at airlines and leasing companies on what they would want from any new Boeing offering. The researchers said that given the NMA would start from a completely fresh design, airline executives see scope for just one pilot to be physically sat in the plane. A second pilot would be ground based and be able to "monitor several aircraft" at the same time. Reducing the number of pilots from an airline's payroll could save a company millions of dollars in salaries and training costs. The Jefferies note, released Sunday, claimed the technology to do this is still 10 years away but Boeing customers would find the capability "valuable." Boeing Research and Technology Vice-President Charles Toups said in February that one-pilot jets would likely begin with cargo flights and it would be a "couple of decades" before passengers would be convinced of their safety. Outside of the cockpit, airline execs want a new Boeing plane to have more flexibility in how seats could be arranged and reshuffled, with some premium carriers calling for more flexibility to install lie-flat beds. The NMA is predicted to hold between 200 and 250 passengers but fly with the range of a larger plane. A plus-size variant could accommodate as many as 290 passengers and executives told Jefferies that a widebody aircraft (one with two aisles) is a likely preference. Typically, the NMA is seen serving transatlantic routes, connecting smaller cities in the Unites States with "secondary" European cities such as Brussels or Copenhagen. Given Boeing's recent woes, Jefferies believes entry into service for the "797" could now be as far away as 2028. In February, U.K. firm Rolls-Royce pulled out of the race to provide engines for Boeing's new offering. The engine maker withdrew its tender stating it was "unable to commit to the proposed timetable." Boeing is now expected to choose between engines built by United Technologies unit Pratt & Whitney and CFM International, a General Electric joint venture with France's Safran. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/20/boeings-new-797-could-be-built-to-fly-with-just-one-pilot-on-board.html |
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