tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post576252496268059120..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Breaking NewsAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-89122735102754960142008-05-02T18:35:00.000+00:002008-05-02T18:35:00.000+00:00Smarties/Rockets look like Refreshers in the UKWe ...Smarties/Rockets look like Refreshers in the UK<BR/>We too are due a Dash-8 trip next month (also with Flybe (pron Fly Bee, not flibe apparently)). Fingers crossed.Lord Huttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243668575631936439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-61150811379932181422008-05-02T15:38:00.000+00:002008-05-02T15:38:00.000+00:00Well, the answer is simple. Us Canadian pilots ar...Well, the answer is simple. Us Canadian pilots are just better. And I guess we have smoother landings. ;)<BR/><BR/>hehee.Dagnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053957505110515102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-68266580574920881182008-05-02T13:22:00.000+00:002008-05-02T13:22:00.000+00:00http://www.aviationanswers.com/content/view/467847...http://www.aviationanswers.com/content/view/4678479/35/<BR/><BR/>You have an unattributed link?<BR/><BR/>Looks like it was an E-9 (hard to certify due to distance and TO 00105E-9 being put mainly off-limits).<BR/><BR/>Forward motion has a lot to do with whether the wing is still good or not. They're built for big changes in vertical loading, but not to have their tips stuck in the ground or dragged on concrete while the rest of the plane is trying to move forward, resulting in a "ground crab" (versus ground-loop), subjecting them to fore-aft (or, viewing from the top, counterclockwise*) stresses along with the vertical stress.<BR/><BR/>*"counter-shins" for you UK mates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-15915110520518144832008-05-02T12:32:00.000+00:002008-05-02T12:32:00.000+00:00I expected another link to the Dash 8 gear collaps...I expected another link to the Dash 8 gear collapse "simulator"! Now I want to play, can you post the link? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-52929654796590708832008-05-02T10:05:00.000+00:002008-05-02T10:05:00.000+00:00Flybe (based in England) claim to be the largest o...Flybe (based in England) claim to be the largest operator of Q400's in the world... and I fly with them (as a passenger)!<BR/><BR/>I heard about the SAS "problems" a bit ago, so I just hope that Flybe are keeping a close eye on their aircraft!<BR/><BR/>Apart from that slight worry, they are nice aircraft... the active noise reduction system makes the noise levels almost bearable!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-84317107285517707692008-05-02T02:14:00.000+00:002008-05-02T02:14:00.000+00:00Back in the Caribou and Buffalo days, deHavilland ...Back in the Caribou and Buffalo days, deHavilland got their landing gear from Dowty. Those things never collapse (well, except for the time the US Army tore a wing off one).Paul Tomblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10728282967367577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-19187413038165451102008-05-02T02:01:00.000+00:002008-05-02T02:01:00.000+00:00I think most of the gear collapses have occurred o...I think most of the gear collapses have occurred on the Q400 and not on the Dash-8 (similar, but next gen), and it looks like the pieces that fail are manufactured for Bombardier (Goodyear, I think).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-59090250911565015442008-05-02T01:45:00.000+00:002008-05-02T01:45:00.000+00:00Mmmm seems there has been quite a few Dash gear co...Mmmm seems there has been quite a few Dash gear collapse in the recent past. You are right it doesn't look good for Bombardier.<BR/><BR/>http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/qantas-flying-in-face-of-jet-scares/2007/10/29/1193618797826.html?s_cid=rss_businessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-62674321901743394542008-05-02T00:53:00.000+00:002008-05-02T00:53:00.000+00:00My dad worked for deHavilland for 25 years. The D...My dad worked for deHavilland for 25 years. The Dash-8 prototype had a gear collapse on arrival at its first Paris Airshow. They jacked it up, buffed out the marks, and flew it the next day.Paul Tomblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10728282967367577245noreply@blogger.com