Useless Aviation Knowledge
05-16-2006, 09:32 AM
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Da Man
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Useless Aviation Knowledge
As the title suggests, please share the most arcane and useless bit of knowledge or factoid from your aviation career.
For example:
The stall warning disc on the B727 spins at 720 degrees per second - counterclockwise.
For example:
The stall warning disc on the B727 spins at 720 degrees per second - counterclockwise.
05-16-2006, 10:59 AM
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If you look at runway centerline lighting, it is on the opposite side of where the normal turnoff direction is(ie., right side of the centerline stripes for a left turn off). I was told this by someone once and it was true everytime I'd remember to check.
05-16-2006, 04:30 PM
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Which two letters of the alphabet are not found on any placard on the FE panel of the 727? (I used to know, but now I can't remember.)
How many pieces of wood are there on a 727, and where are they located? (I don't remember the answer to this one either, but I knew it once.)
How many pieces of wood are there on a 727, and where are they located? (I don't remember the answer to this one either, but I knew it once.)
05-16-2006, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Nightflyer
Which two letters of the alphabet are not found on any placard on the FE panel of the 727? (I used to know, but now I can't remember.)
How many pieces of wood are there on a 727, and where are they located? (I don't remember the answer to this one either, but I knew it once.)
How many pieces of wood are there on a 727, and where are they located? (I don't remember the answer to this one either, but I knew it once.)
That's going to bug me enough to make me go into the basement and dig out my 727 panel foldouts. I knew that one at some point but it's been replaced by other worthless knowledge. I do remember that word "Boeing" is embossed in 7 places in the 727 cockpit...I just don't remember where (back of the yoke, on the stick shaker motor, above the trash bag holder, and ???). OK, I have one:
Isobars as charted on an aviation weather charts rise and decent around charted high and low pressure centers at 4 millibar intervals.
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