Airliner chat

**strangy** · 29th July 2009, 09:57 AM

Main stream media exaggerate??? Nooo.

My favourite term from the media when associated with aircrfaft is
"Plummet"
You cant have a good story without an aircraft plummeting.

Cheers

**VladTepes** · 29th July 2009, 10:35 AM

That wing looks like a seagull !

**Mikes defender** · 29th July 2009, 11:32 AM

There is no requirement by casa, the boeing or airbus for an engineer to carry out a pre flight check on a domestic flight.

The only people in the world that have this requirment is the qantas union. They are using this incident to justify there practices. The pilot is responible for doing a walk around befor every flight. The engineers do a "pre flight" and a "post flight" at the end of the day. If the aircraft is going Extended Range or ETOPS an other pre flight is carried out befor flight.

For the Union rep to say that a preflight check could have prevented this is a lie. The axel cracked and broke off, how could this be seen on a pre flight safety check is beyond me. Engineers do not have xray vision. If he was really concerned about safety, he would be calling for schedualed inspections of the axel. But he would be wasting his breath because boeing, casa, atsb, are now all working on the problem.

The media has enough trouble reporting the facts without people feeding them more lies. If you want to find out about go to Australian Transport Safety Bureau. to get the real facts.

Sorry about this rant.

**juddy** · 29th July 2009, 02:39 PM

I have read it may not even fly this year, problems with the wing boxs, needing a new design, current build aircraft cant be modified.....

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 30th July 2009, 12:23 AM

Originally Posted by juddy

I have read it may not even fly this year, problems with the wing boxs, needing a new design, current build aircraft cant be modified.....

Oh dear.. that will hurt.

For a bit of fun...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY5B7...layer_embedded

**juddy** · 30th July 2009, 06:59 AM

In te latest issue of both a UK and Oz Aviation mag, news is, first orders, may be late 2010. Ground testing currently taking place, engine, brake test's.

A number of Airlines have also now cancelled, or defered orders.

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 30th July 2009, 07:47 PM

Oh oh.. another Airbus loosing airspeed indications. Despite this plane having the new pitot design.

AirFrance A320 looses airspeed indicators

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 11th August 2009, 06:24 PM

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF_P77VEPKA"]YouTube - Hitler's 787 Delayed[/ame]

You may also want to watch this before it is pulled!

[[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PmYItnlY5M"]YouTube - Ride on a U2 spy plane[/ame]

**Sleepy** · 11th August 2009, 06:57 PM

Saw that a couple of weeks ago. That was a terrific show with James May.

Amazing rate of climb on the U2.

**JDNSW** · 11th August 2009, 07:10 PM

Possibly the right place in this thread to note that a Twin Otter has gone missing en route from Port Moresby to Kokoda with nine Australians among the 13 on board. Having flown over that route myself, it does not look good. Although about the time I left PNG a Caribou crashed on the same route with a load of school cadets. Despite a major search, the crash site was not located until survivors walked into a village.

John

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