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  1. One of the routes we operate at my current airline is Detroit (DTW) to Cleveland (CLE). A year or two ago, after I made the pre-departure announcement which included an enroute flight time of 23 minutes, a flight attendant came up and said, "There's a passenger back there who says he's never done this flight in less than 25 minutes." I turned to my first officer and said, "Ok, we have a challenge." Twenty-two minutes and thirty-eight seconds after liftoff, our wheels touched down on runway 6R at CLE. I told the flight attendant, "Tell that to that passenger!" At my last airline, we flew
  2. Oh, you're using the wrong type of paper. If you use the special origami paper, those would have come out exquisitely.
  3. I also fly airplanes for a living and have to agree with some of those above that you don't need to be a math expert to be a pilot. Otherwise, I'd be in trouble. However, basic math knowledge and common sense will help you very much. I've spent the past thirty minutes looking through my old flight instructor boxes and papers looking for a document I used to have with all sorts of E-6B and aviation math tips...without success. If I can find it, I'll post the info. In the meantime, let me see what I can think of in addition to what's been mentioned below. 120 knots is a good rule of thumb sp
  4. Sorry, but that's not true, it's a popular myth. Blucher doesn't sound like any German word for glue. It's a German surname, as well as a Hipper class cruiser sunk during the invasion of Norway in WWII (and a few other ships as well). See here: http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/blucher.asp
  5. Glad to hear that everyone is ok in this incident as well. However, like Electra above, I'm also a little curious as to what exactly happened. Granted, our source of information thus far is the news media, which doesn't always have the best technical knowledge of flying ("forced to glide down from its cruising altitude with no working navigation gear and at a high speed after its wing flaps failed..." Huh? Are they suggesting the failure of the flaps forced them to glide without power?). It's rare for a multi-engine aircraft to lose all engines in flight. As we saw with USAir 1549, birds can
  6. I believe what you are seeing here is slightly misleading news copy. It appears that Fox news means that American Aviation Academy is located in San Diego. Some of the 9/11 hijackers also did training in San Diego, but not at the school that is the focus of this article. If you read the article at the San Diego Union Tribune, it has no mention of any connection to the hijackers. A quick internet search, and I found the following: -Two of the 9/11 hijackers did a couple flights with a flight school in San Diego called "Sorbi Flying Club," at Montgomery Field airport. -American Aviation Acad
  7. I'm not a frequent online purchaser lately, so I might not be among the most representative survey here, but based on what your proposed store would carry, I probably would not be ordering anything. Although I build both aircraft and AFV's (and the occasional rare ship or car), my interests are nearly all pre-Vietnam era: mostly WWII to mid-60's jet era aircraft, WWII vehicles. I don't know where the spectrum of average modeling interests falls these days, but most modern stuff just doesn't interest me. "Section 8 Hobbies," is that the name of this business? I was curious (and you might know
  8. The chase scene in "Bullitt" used two Mustangs and two Chargers. The Mustangs featured engines, brakes, and suspensions that were highly modified for stunt work by auto racer Max Balchowsky. The Chargers had stock engines, but their suspensions were modified. After filming, the two Dodges and one Mustang were junked. A Warner Brothers employee bought the remaining Mustang after post-production was finished. Some years later, Steve McQueen tried unsuccessfully to buy it. Reportedly, the car is held somewhere in storage today by an anonymous owner. The car chase is regarded as one of the most
  9. Ah, it's funny, just yesterday I was driving on the interstate, middle lane of three. Guy behind me, in a Buick, is getting impatient, following a little close, even though I'm moving just over the limit, and I'm right behind traffic ahead of me which is starting to bunch up. He cuts into the fast lane and roars off; I don't follow because I know the area we're approaching. Sure enough, not ten seconds later, dust clouds in the center median, as a state trooper peels out and proceeds to pull the Buick over. But the most memorable case of car-karma I remember happened some years ago. I was
  10. Hmm...I might need to use this as an excuse to clear an airliner out of the stash. Assuming I can finish it within the timeframe, of course. At the moment, I'm still working on my Bf-109 GB entry. :unsure: Brady- I got a chuckle out of your GB banner. Maybe it's because I can tell that's a flight display board for the American Airlines concourse at O'Hare Airport in Chicago. I've also worked or been on at least half the flights on it as well....
  11. Ah, this is funny. I was just looking for some place to drop a couple new pictures; I guess I'll put them here. The other week I was in Washington DC, so I wandered over the Air & Space museum to see what had changed in the years since I had been there last. Here are two of the pics I took there that I thought might be useful to ARC'ers: I also have these available in very large size (2592 x 1944 pixels), PM me if you're interested with an e-mail address that can handle 3MB files.
  12. I'm guessing you saw a 747SP, or "Special Performance." Boeing took the 747-100 design, shortened it by forty-eight feet, increased the height of the vertical tail, made a few other miscellaneous changes, and ended up with the SP model, with vastly increased performance. It had a range of over 7,600 miles, and was the longest range airliner in regular service until the 747-400. Max cruise speed was a zippy Mach .92. The 747SP is not a modified former normal-size 747, it was a seperate design and build. A handful of US airlines have operated it in the past, such as Pan Am, Braniff, American,
  13. Correct, technically classified now as a WC-130E, operated by Snow Aviation International. Seen here sporting eight-blade experimental props:
  14. Ok, here's another one. Might be harder, might be easier.
  15. That was quick. McDonnell F-101B Voodoo, on the grounds of the former Sawyer AFB, near Marquette Michigan. Now Sawyer International Airport (KSAW). PS- if anyone is looking for walkaround photos of this plane, let me know, I've got a ton.
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