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RAF74 LoyalNine
10-21-2009, 02:33 PM
Sounds Like Somehing I would do...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/21/georgia.taxiway.incursion/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn



Flying? Better bring your own tools

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113945453
RAF74_Buzzsaw
10-21-2009, 07:08 PM
Salute

AFAIK, Canadian companies cannot do the outsourced repairs that US companies are doing. I for one, am glad of that, because I don't personally trust mechanics in places like China or India, where corruption and levels of training are lower than N America.
RAF74_Stew
10-26-2009, 12:29 AM
Well LN, here in Atlanta we adhere to different standards when it comes to landings! My first reaction when I saw this: "Crap, I fly out of Hartsfield twice a week". Second reaction: " Well, I have taken off or landed on a taxiway too many times to count in my career with RAF74". Obviously, I hope for my own safety and that of other travellers that this doesn't happen again...

Funny thing IMO is the overflight (of 150 miles) by the NWA flight to Minneapolis this week overshadowed the aforementioned screwup. Landing on a taxiway is MUCH more serious. Good thing it happened in the middle of the night.
RAF74 LoyalNine
11-02-2009, 01:00 PM
Boeing’s Dan Wells, one of three test pilots flying the X-48B, told Wired.com. “It still requires precision flying; you just don’t have those motion cues. You still feel like you worked hard when you fly it.”

An interesting perspective -- similar to our IL2 exploits I imagine.

Link here: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/10/x-plane/