747-8: Flight Report

I remember a trip to Singapore zoo and they had a King Cobra.. what a monster.. never seen anything that big before.

FWIW my hobby is running over venomous snakes any time I see one on the road.. this country is riddled with them.. they're a menace out here where I live.

I nearly lost a pet to one just last week but $500 vet bill later it lived.

You should come down here some time to collect or photograph.. you won't see as many anywhere else in the world!

 

When I lived in Florida we had an Indigo that lived under our little house. We had no problem with rattlers or rats as long as he was there but when he left we had all sorts of them. A beautiful snake and harmless...except to the vermin. We named him Blue Boy.

 

I hate snakes, but those are some beautiful pictures. Eels, I don't mind. I scuba dive, and have them in a tank. I think it is because of the eyes. Snake eyes don't move, eels do.

 

Eels are fish. They have to see what's coming to them. Snakes go after their meal and they have a tongue to guide them. I just sort'a made that up.

 

Queue the !!

Your a funny guy Bob!

 

I think your less likely to get a bite from something nasty in the jungle so good choice....

 

I got an email from Lou yesterday that they were launching at 0630 this morning but as I saw , they didn't get off until 0715. I have been following their flight to Narita on Flightaware. 5 hours into the flight at 1215 they were almost half way and had 2525 miles yet to go. I figure that they will land at 1630 PST. Lou is going to be one tired puppy tonight since he had to arise at 0300 this morning , a 14 hour stint at 40,000 feet , 439 knots..

 

Lou is probably lying down in the crew rest.

 

I figured that would be the case but it is still a long day and a lot of miles. Incredible.

 

Well, at least it is "non-normal". Though I guess that isn't the same as un-normal.



This continues to be one of the most interesting threads here. The pictures, as they say, are worth a thousand words. Especially since they are "real life". Thanks Lou!


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Did not know that... thought tailpipe exhaust was reversed as well.

Thanks.

 

Correct, Lou, there was a noise problem that put the pipe out the back back to a pipe out the back . And I wrote that before my evening scotch.

 

If my old mind serves me, the translating ring moves aft, while the blocker doors are rotated. Then the exhaust gases flow out of the space opened by the translating ring.The fan thrust is much higher than the exhaust thrust from the gas producer so it is logical to use that for reverse thrust. And this is after my evening scotch. So, I must have made it up again.

 

Nice pic

 

If the dimensions are wrong it must have been an A380...Aliens would not create anything as ugly as that...