UPS MD-11 crash at SDF

[DE727UPS]

I think B would write a book after she retires if we encourage her. She's talked about someone should and she'd be the perfect person.

 

[ahw01]

I think B would write a book after she retires if we encourage her. She's talked about someone should and she'd be the perfect person.

The DE727UPS book would be great. I’m expecting this quality.

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[DE727UPS]

All I remember from being an F/E was generator loss: EDPM, protect essential power, download, power the unpowered buss, and monitor. For F/O it was: Window heat, Pitot Heat, Let's eat.

 

[DropTank]

All I remember from being an F/E was generator loss: EDPM, protect essential power, download, power the unpowered buss, and monitor. For F/O it was: Window heat, Pitot Heat, Prop your feet, Let's eat.

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[phill1174]

I think B would write a book after she retires if we encourage her. She's talked about someone should and she'd be the perfect person.

 

[EIR]

Curious why you say that? Airlines get ferry permits all the time, and I’d be surprised if some kind of “good enough” inspection doesn’t pencil out to be cheaper than trying to scrap them in whatever random place they were when the bomb dropped.

Every mechanic I have talked to has their doubts about the MD. A couple of weeks ago (before the retirement announcement), a mechanic said he was on one of the teams doing the inspections, and 9 out of 10 aircraft had major corrosion problems - beyond the point of repair - at the inspection points.

I'm with Scooter on this one.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

All I remember from being an F/E was generator loss: EDPM, protect essential power, download, power the unpowered buss, and monitor. For F/O it was: Window heat, Pitot Heat, Let's eat.

I bet if I hollered “protect essential!” I could make some late 90s-early 2000s hires sit bolt upright.

 

[derg]

I bet if I hollered “protect essential!” I could make some late 90s-early 2000s hires sit bolt upright.

We actually have a common friend out doing flight testing on a 727 at the moment.

Full FMS, Stage III hushkit, but that “Block Three” autopilot

 

[Roger Roger]

Every mechanic I have talked to has their doubts about the MD. A couple of weeks ago (before the retirement announcement), a mechanic said he was on one of the teams doing the inspections, and 9 out of 10 aircraft had major corrosion problems - beyond the point of repair - at the inspection points.

I'm with Scooter on this one.

Yikes. One wonders how it got to that point.

 

[DE727UPS]

We actually have a common friend out doing flight testing on a 727 at the moment.

Full FMS, Stage III hushkit, but that “Block Three” autopilot

Is it Zero G? I know they had they had one where you could buy time in it to experience weightlessness. Take Your First Step Into Space & Be Part Of The Zero-G Experience®

 

[Karnage]

I bet if I hollered “protect essential!” I could make some late 90s-early 2000s hires sit bolt upright.

That could have been a fun way to stop the snoring in the ATL CPO during the Crowd Strike meltdown considering that place was awash in a desperate need for about three dozen CPAP machines.

 

[bp]

That could have been a fun way to stop the snoring in the ATL CPO during the Crowd Strike meltdown considering that place was awash in a desperate need for about three dozen CPAP machines.

should just run some copper pipe along the recliner rows with some quick disconnects for shop air

 

[phill1174]

We actually have a common friend out doing flight testing on a 727 at the moment.

Full FMS, Stage III hushkit, but that “Block Three” autopilot

That’s one airplane I’d kill to fly. It looks fun and fast as hell. I forgot how loud they were until an IFL bird took off out of SDF during peak and could barely hear myself talk.

 

[phill1174]

Every mechanic I have talked to has their doubts about the MD. A couple of weeks ago (before the retirement announcement), a mechanic said he was on one of the teams doing the inspections, and 9 out of 10 aircraft had major corrosion problems - beyond the point of repair - at the inspection points.

I'm with Scooter on this one.

Siri play Sir Mix A Lot “My Hooptie”.

Seriously it’ll be interesting to see the NTSB report after the dust settles. If the cleanliness says anything about the rest of the airplane I wouldn’t be surprised.

 

[DropTank]

That’s one airplane I’d kill to fly. It looks fun and fast as hell. I forgot how loud they were until an IFL bird took off out of SDF during peak and could barely hear myself talk.

And it was called the "WhisperJet"

And the one you saw was Stage 3 modded.

 

[derg]

Reflecting back over my career, I haven’t heard the thunderous roar of a non-huskitted jet in years.

In fact, airports are super quiet now and yes, my hearing is still good. I just remember literally being indoors at KRHV eating a banh mi between students, and hearing what sounded like the earth splitting in two because DHL’s DC-8 was departing KSJC… miles away.

“See kids, what a DC-8 was is an aircraft manufacturered by the long-gone Douglas Corporation… which becamse McDonnell-Douglas before going insolvent and being purchased by the Boeing Corporation. It was powered by four wing-slung engines and previous to it’s popularity as a freighter, it was once used as…”

 

[mikecweb]

Reflecting back over my career, I haven’t heard the thunderous roar of a non-huskitted jet in years.

In fact, airports are super quiet now and yes, my hearing is still good. I just remember literally being indoors at KRHV eating a banh mi between students, and hearing what sounded like the earth splitting in two because DHL’s DC-8 was departing KSJC… miles away.

“See kids, what a DC-8 was is an aircraft manufacturered by the long-gone Douglas Corporation… which becamse McDonnell-Douglas before going insolvent and being purchased by the Boeing Corporation. It was powered by four wing-slung engines and previous to it’s popularity as a freighter, it was once used as…”

I bet your 350 can't even go into reverse in the air.

 

[CFI A&P]

Reflecting back over my career, I haven’t heard the thunderous roar of a non-huskitted jet in years.

In fact, airports are super quiet now and yes, my hearing is still good. I just remember literally being indoors at KRHV eating a banh mi between students, and hearing what sounded like the earth splitting in two because DHL’s DC-8 was departing KSJC… miles away.

“See kids, what a DC-8 was is an aircraft manufacturered by the long-gone Douglas Corporation… which becamse McDonnell-Douglas before going insolvent and being purchased by the Boeing Corporation. It was powered by four wing-slung engines and previous to it’s popularity as a freighter, it was once used as…”

"... some of these machines have continued to sing the serenades as turbojets with YV-, PR-, or XA- registrations."

 

[arkflyr]

Reflecting back over my career, I haven’t heard the thunderous roar of a non-huskitted jet in years.

In fact, airports are super quiet now and yes, my hearing is still good. I just remember literally being indoors at KRHV eating a banh mi between students, and hearing what sounded like the earth splitting in two because DHL’s DC-8 was departing KSJC… miles away.

“See kids, what a DC-8 was is an aircraft manufacturered by the long-gone Douglas Corporation… which becamse McDonnell-Douglas before going insolvent and being purchased by the Boeing Corporation. It was powered by four wing-slung engines and previous to it’s popularity as a freighter, it was once used as…”

ABX was still flying DC-8-60s out of ATL when I would roll through there in my check hauling days. It was always a race to get to shelter before they fired up the huffer to get the mighty Douglas on its way.

Later when I was flying charter we went ILN and got to tour their training facility and they still had the sim for that thing there. We didn’t get to fly it or anything but it was still cool to see.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Later when I was flying charter we went ILN and got to tour their training facility and they still had the sim for that thing there. We didn’t get to fly it or anything but it was still cool to see.

Did an Omni checkride in their 76 sim (that thing SUCKED), and got to sit in the DC-8 sim, as well. That cockpit is quite uh compact.