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03-14-2006 | 10:40 AM

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PilotHunter

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You know what they say....

"If it aint a Boeing, It aint going!!"

03-14-2006 | 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Typhoonpilot

The 777 is a full generation ahead of the A320/A330/A340.

The 777 was my favorite airplane in a 37 year career. Including the 747-400 I might add.

03-15-2006 | 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by rickair7777

I've heard about you buff guys and the deadly seven engine approach

Get it right....It's the deadly six engine approach. Ya pulled the corresponding opposite engine back to idle.

03-15-2006 | 03:08 PM

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ERJ135

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Whats the deadly six engine approach mean? Is it a joke or something, I have heard people refer to it before?

03-15-2006 | 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ERJ135

Whats the deadly six engine approach mean? Is it a joke or something, I have heard people refer to it before?

It's an Air Force thing

03-15-2006 | 05:11 PM

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Joke

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Originally Posted by ERJ135

Whats the deadly six engine approach mean? Is it a joke or something, I have heard people refer to it before?

A pilot loses his engine in his single engine F-16.
F-16 pilot: "Mayday, mayday, declaring an emergency. I've lost my engine, and I'm returning to land on runway 36."
Tower: "F-16, roger, your number behind a B-52 with an engine failure. Follow him.
F-16 pilot: "Aaaah, the dreaded 7 engine approach."

Joke goes something like that.

03-15-2006 | 05:21 PM

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captain_drew

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Boeing ! -or it ain’t going!

03-15-2006 | 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by captain_drew

Boeing ! -or it ain’t going!

So Drew, ever fly a modern Airbus?

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03-15-2006 | 06:50 PM

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ERJ135

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Ahh, I get the joke now, I figured it was military. Oh, and Captain Drew I have check your personal web site before (BTW really interesting stuff on there), how did I know you would be a boeing guy over the airbus

BTW just joking with you.

03-15-2006 | 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Linebacker35

Yah I do believe there might be a limit on banks. It is preety much idiot proof, but there are some very stupid people that still can screw it up. All the incidents usualy are to do with pilots who think the computer will fix any mistakes that they do, so the pilots just watch and wait for the computer to fix it.

The A-320 limits pilot inputs to 67 degrees bank in normal law...which incidentally would produce a load factor of 2.5Gs in level flight. The upper load limit in the clean configuration is 2.5Gs. The protections were designed that way so that we couldn't tear the wings off of it. The problems IMO begin when guys don't understand, misuse, or abuse the automation (NW captain who turned off all 7 flight computers on a revenue flight, Indian Airlines crash, Paris air show accident, etc.)