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Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-15-2013, 11:57 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,899
Posted By Gabriel
That's a lot of experience in the 737 for the...

That's a lot of experience in the 737 for the captain and not that bad for the FO, who however had only 277 hours TT when he started flying the 737.


Busted minimums + CFIT.

That, or... nah...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-15-2013, 11:39 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 993
Posted By Gabriel
But she doesn't understand probability: ...

But she doesn't understand probability:



Yes, the odds are astronomical(ly low, I guess was the intended meaning). Just as low as if she had not suffered the first accident.
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-15-2013, 03:28 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,255
Posted By Gabriel
I don't mean that it's not valid, but I see...

I don't mean that it's not valid, but I see nothing that makes it "especially" valid over other just-not-impossible hypothesis as to put your money on it.
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-13-2013, 10:00 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,255
Posted By Gabriel
And how much of your money would be in this...

And how much of your money would be in this just-not-impossible hypothesis?
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-08-2013, 12:04 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 921
Posted By Gabriel
That is called an accelerated stall. The term...

That is called an accelerated stall.
The term high speed stall is sometimes used to describe some transonic effects.
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-06-2013, 10:58 PM
Replies: 2,301
Views: 210,158
Posted By Gabriel
And fired a single shot: the magic bullet.

And fired a single shot: the magic bullet.
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-06-2013, 03:27 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,492
Posted By Gabriel
You weren't what? You weren't adults? You...

You weren't what?
You weren't adults?
You weren't playing?
You weren't in the cockpit?
Or you weren't four?
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-05-2013, 10:13 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 921
Posted By Gabriel
Yes, but it doesn't look that high in the last...

Yes, but it doesn't look that high in the last frame that it's visible.
I mean, every landing airplane is nose high and descending.

That said, if you compare the last few frames, while the pitch...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-05-2013, 07:00 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 869
Posted By Gabriel
Any ground casualties?

Any ground casualties?
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-04-2013, 08:53 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,492
Posted By Gabriel
By now, it's just a rumor. Officially, the...

By now, it's just a rumor.

Officially, the airline said that at no time were both pilots simultaneously out of the cockpit. However, they admitted that there were two flight attendants in the...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-04-2013, 08:41 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,053
Posted By Gabriel
Well, we are moving towards that at this moment....

Well, we are moving towards that at this moment. Or you (USA) are.

Not exactly all thing that flies, but all thing requiring transponder.
And not exactly TCAS, but TAS (like TCAS but with no...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-04-2013, 08:28 PM
Replies: 2,301
Views: 210,158
Posted By Gabriel
Northwester, What I've said about the egg...

Northwester,

What I've said about the egg and the hammer was in no way intended to be an analogy with the accident. It was just to explain the particular and subjective emotion that I feel when I...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 05-03-2013, 10:48 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 651
Posted By Gabriel
Funny? Who was flying the plane for the last...

Funny?

Who was flying the plane for the last 2 minutes?
The captain playing Playboy or the FO playing Spilberg?

I think this thread should be in the Flight Safety

Can someone identify the...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-03-2013, 03:41 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 12,153
Posted By Gabriel
I'd say that "rules out" is a bit too strong. If...

I'd say that "rules out" is a bit too strong. If some attachment or fastening device is going to break, take-off with full power and initial climb is a good moment. And that it didn't break in the...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-02-2013, 06:42 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 12,153
Posted By Gabriel
I don't understand. Why not install ejection...

I don't understand.

Why not install ejection seats in airliners too?

I mean, it's not like the accident rate of the cargo segment of transport category is worse than the passenger segment.
...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-02-2013, 02:09 AM
Replies: 2,301
Views: 210,158
Posted By Gabriel
Hey, Northwester, I am not defending the Russian...

Hey, Northwester, I am not defending the Russian report.
But it's not me who said:




Let me see:
270km/h = 2.5 times a typical highway limit.
10 m/s = 2000 ft/min = 3 times what's required...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-01-2013, 02:44 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 12,153
Posted By Gabriel
Very bad philosophy indeed. That a bad thing in...

Very bad philosophy indeed. That a bad thing in an airplane didn't caused it to crash in one given flight doesn't meant that it won't in the next flight.

It didn't work for that famous turboprop...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-01-2013, 01:58 PM
Replies: 2,301
Views: 210,158
Posted By Gabriel
First of all, I care very little of what you...

First of all, I care very little of what you think of my credibility, very much like Binienda cares very little about what I think of his credibility.

But I am just a screen name in an internet...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-01-2013, 03:24 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 956
Posted By Gabriel
http://avherald.com/h?article=46191d48&opt=0

http://avherald.com/h?article=46191d48&opt=0
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-01-2013, 03:07 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 12,153
Posted By Gabriel
That's a fucking disturbing view. I don't know if...

That's a fucking disturbing view. I don't know if I would had been able to say any word. I could be too shocked to bring my jaw back up.

For a moment I thought "gust load not removed" or "elevator...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-01-2013, 02:41 AM
Replies: 2,301
Views: 210,158
Posted By Gabriel
Any remaining credibility that Binienda had with...

Any remaining credibility that Binienda had with me has just gone down the drain.
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 05-01-2013, 01:59 AM
Replies: 160
Views: 13,075
Posted By Gabriel
I must have missed something along the way. ...

I must have missed something along the way.
What are you talking about?
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-26-2013, 05:05 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,378
Posted By Gabriel
And with enough peace of mind to deplane via...

And with enough peace of mind to deplane via stairs, no emergency evacuation, so surely the cabin was not filled with smoke and nobody had their feet hot from the fire below them. Also, there is no...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-26-2013, 04:58 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,378
Posted By Gabriel
I very much doubt that's the case. The reason...

I very much doubt that's the case.
The reason why these batteries are so hard to extinguish is because they generate heat by means other then combustion.

When you put out the flames, if there is...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-24-2013, 08:27 PM
Replies: 2,301
Views: 210,158
Posted By Gabriel
Garbage like this, garbage like that... ...

Garbage like this, garbage like that...

There is so much garbage in this thread that I think that no one is in a position to say which garbage is Ok to post and which isn't.
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-22-2013, 02:08 AM
Replies: 2,301
Views: 210,158
Posted By Gabriel
Northwester, you are loosing any credibility that...

Northwester, you are loosing any credibility that you still had with me.
You can't be seriously using that source of information to support your and Binienda's position. And you know what I mean.
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-21-2013, 11:40 PM
Replies: 2,301
Views: 210,158
Posted By Gabriel
Northwester, I was answering your question if a...

Northwester, I was answering your question if a plane can gain altitude with a bank of 90°. I've specifically said that I was NOT simulating this crash. Of course you can see that there will be an...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-21-2013, 08:22 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,899
Posted By Gabriel
Don't misunderstand me. I am not blaming the...

Don't misunderstand me. I am not blaming the pilot. He had a lot of things against him, to name a few:
- There was not so much awareness and understanding of windshears back then as there is now.
-...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-21-2013, 10:45 AM
Replies: 2,301
Views: 210,158
Posted By Gabriel
Yes. I am really saying that. Here is an...

Yes. I am really saying that.

Here is an hypothetical simulation. Note it is a numerical simulation using the classical laws of mechanics of solid bodies, integrated every 0.1 seconds. I will...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-21-2013, 04:00 AM
Replies: 2,301
Views: 210,158
Posted By Gabriel
Yes, of course it is.

Yes, of course it is.
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-20-2013, 09:33 PM
Replies: 2,301
Views: 210,158
Posted By Gabriel
There again. Please, someone explain to Dr....

There again.

Please, someone explain to Dr. Binieda that:
1) Lift is proportional to wing area and to speed squared.
2) Vref is at least 1.23 Vs.
3) From 1 and 2, Vref is enough to provide a...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-20-2013, 06:40 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,899
Posted By Gabriel
I can see a loss of situational awareness that...

I can see a loss of situational awareness that led to loss of control, like in Turkish.

I cannot imagine a loss of situational awareness that led to a CFIT. Not in visual conditions with the...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-20-2013, 06:33 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,899
Posted By Gabriel
Sorry, my bad. Sorry, your bad. ...

Sorry, my bad.



Sorry, your bad.

The pilot flying of the Delta reacted to a split-second stickshaker with a high push force that put the plane in negative Gs, and then he did it again.

I...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-18-2013, 05:22 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,899
Posted By Gabriel
Ok, let's take the speculation one step further. ...

Ok, let's take the speculation one step further.

Saying that the pilot screwed up is the easy part.
What could have been the mechanics of the accident in which a pilot, in relatively good weather...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-17-2013, 02:22 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,899
Posted By Gabriel
I see your point. I had not noticed the comments...

I see your point. I had not noticed the comments of the flight crew.

Yet, in the Delta L1011 case, the plane that landed immediately before didn't feel a thing. These localized and "concentrated"...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-16-2013, 11:18 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,899
Posted By Gabriel
I am not stating a position towards any specific...

I am not stating a position towards any specific kind of accident.
Again, by history (and not by the specific info we have about this accident), yes, chances are that pilot screwing up was at least...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-15-2013, 01:44 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,899
Posted By Gabriel
Well, there are similarities with the BA B-777...

Well, there are similarities with the BA B-777 short of Heathrow.



The fact is that, at this point, there is too little information to make even an opinion.

I share your feeling that there...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-14-2013, 05:45 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,899
Posted By Gabriel
A low level stall like Turkish could explain it. ...

A low level stall like Turkish could explain it.

Of course other things could too:

CFIT (the pilots just kept descending into the water)

Microbrust / windshear

Dual engine failure due to:...
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum 04-14-2013, 05:30 PM
Replies: 93
Views: 9,742
Posted By Gabriel
I am convinced that it is not one thing or the...

I am convinced that it is not one thing or the other. A good pilot (or better, airman) needs to have a number of skills. The good ones are those who have all of them.

Physics: If there is one...
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum 04-13-2013, 11:31 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 498
Posted By Gabriel
Thanks for that. Yes, good deals in KLM for...

Thanks for that. Yes, good deals in KLM for BOM/AMS/PTY.

Looks like the "cheap flights" internet sites don't look for good deals!
Anything on Kayak or others had 2 stops and was more expensive.
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