No JM maintenance log is kept in its own jet with a copy on the ground…It’s now all electronic signed off on the IPad…
Oh god, I'm so last century I miss working on aircraft, they are so much more simple than encrypted networking .... I hate IT
I'm shore I saw a doco re the 'trial' an it appeared the movie 'extended' the blame somewhat....otherwise I'd not have made mention....
Which does most of the braking, the reverse thrush (my favourite position ) or the actual braking system ?
Braking System JM…Reverse Thrush just alters the brake pressure through the anti skid system…So your landing distance will be the same but your brakes will be cooler if you use reverse as you are using less pressure for the given Autobrake setting…
Well, it's not a very good crash or a very good ditching, so let's just put it in the book as a successful landing...
Yeah that’s what I was thinking…Business Class arguing they ditched vs Economy class saying they crashed…put it down to Wes parking the jet into the sea breeze…
One of those on the Jumbo landing at 350 Tonnes would leave a 15 pounder on your seat and your eyeballs somewhere on the end of the runway…Plus the passengers would be inside out…
I use to rig the defab arrestor system at Amberley which slowed the aircraft at 1G retardation Funny thing happened while I was still working at Amberley, a Fokker Friendship was doing touch and go's using our ILS and he touched down too soon on one of his circuits and his wheels collected the arrestor wires and broken the plane No one hurt , other than their pride
Great film and I concur with Steve and Gary, a fairly accurate account of events (from what I also heard) A bit of mayo might have been spread here and there for added drama, but fundamentally, that's how the incident and the wash up (pardon the pun) occurred. Gary is certainly correct in 'guilty until proven innocent' It happens in the ATC world too. Very rarely does a breakdown of a single barrier cause an incident. A 'perfect storm' where a failure of several defense mechanisms combined is what's more likely to blame... I'm sure that's relatable in many other industries too!
I'll throw this out there because it is on topic: one of the funniest months I had as a kid. 2 guys my dad knew from the US turned up within a couple of days of each other. Both rock hounds but not known to each other - they were going to spend time at the sapphire mines and also the opal mines at Glengarry west of Lightning Ridge. Japanese George was teaching my dad to fly in a 172 in San Diego. Buddy was a college basketball coach from Sacramento. Over that first dinner it transpires that George flew Zeros in the war. We then the discover that Buddy had 25 years as a Navy fighter pilot and was on the losing end of a battle in the Pacific Islands that George had been involved in. The back and forth between these 2 was pointed, good natured and hilarious.
Sorry for the crappy pic, but this is Gary about to taxi off the runway after a graceful landing! Image Unavailable, Please Login
