Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
07-12-2011 | 11:26 AM
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Speaking of records - Once saw 651 KTs groundspeed on the Maddogs military cousin, the USN C-9B. We were flying over SW Japan in the high twenties in March. They turned us about 45 degrees off of the wind and our GS shot up over 600 KTs so when we got another turn almost completely downwind we bumped our speed up to the clacker (.84M) which resulted in a 651 Kt groundspeed. We figure we had close to a 170 KT tailwind. 
Anyone have better than 651 KTS Groundspeed? And before all you TACAIR types chime in, I am strictly referring to transport and commercial type aircraft.
Scoop
PS - And yes, we did take a picture of the FMS to prove it later on at the Atsugi O Club.
Anyone have better than 651 KTS Groundspeed? And before all you TACAIR types chime in, I am strictly referring to transport and commercial type aircraft.
Scoop
PS - And yes, we did take a picture of the FMS to prove it later on at the Atsugi O Club.
07-12-2011 | 11:30 AM
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07-12-2011 | 11:32 AM
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07-12-2011 | 11:37 AM
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07-12-2011 | 11:47 AM
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07-12-2011 | 11:49 AM
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Besides...
The F-111 could do that dump and burn thing, the EMB-120's APU did it too. You knew it was coming by watching the APU start and watching the EGT. Sometimes you warned the rampers, sometimes you let them run screaming. The poor Beech 1900D guys in Houston had no APU and horrific cooling. The EMB-120 had an APU so we could push the hot air around a lot like a 12" fan in a large attic in the middle of an Atlanta 105 degree summer day. You could do a 7 leg day worth 5 or 6 hours. AWESOMENESS.
The F-111 could do that dump and burn thing, the EMB-120's APU did it too. You knew it was coming by watching the APU start and watching the EGT. Sometimes you warned the rampers, sometimes you let them run screaming. The poor Beech 1900D guys in Houston had no APU and horrific cooling. The EMB-120 had an APU so we could push the hot air around a lot like a 12" fan in a large attic in the middle of an Atlanta 105 degree summer day. You could do a 7 leg day worth 5 or 6 hours. AWESOMENESS.
07-12-2011 | 11:51 AM
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07-12-2011 | 11:55 AM
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You'll love this, fwiw, the noise is the gear warning horn. Yeah it won't shut up all the way to landing. Too bad it was working properly.
07-12-2011 | 11:56 AM
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By the way, what is the latest and greatest on the RAH situation and DALPA's review?
07-12-2011 | 11:58 AM
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Stock in the crapper. Hit 52 week low of 8.56.????
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