Dream Plane - L39

[Willborne]

See attached to view my dream plane. What a machine! They where conducting joy flights out of Lismore today but I could not afford the $2400/20min price tag. Talking to a few of the lucky ones that did go for a spin said it was fantastic and easily cruised at 350 knots with an approach speed of 110 knots. I did manage to touch it and get a photo.

 

 

 

[Kyle Communications]

Around 4 years ago I had a opertunity to fly a 737 simulator while I was in NZ. This was a real eye opener. Just how sluggish a 50 ton aircraft is to fly. Yon landing it is a totally different technique required to fly the aircraft. You have to fly it using waggling the controls you need to start movement in a direction then back it off. Its really strange not like anything I have flown before. At normal speed or cruising its just a little slow to react but at slow speed I was stunned at the difference. I would imagine a fighter jet would not be anywhere near as bad as the 737 but as the aircraft gets heavier and larger flying technique is much much different . My dream would be to fly a "pig" as I love that aircraft or maybe a Mig 29 or SU27 but I dare say landing all of these beasts is nothing like GA or RAA this would be the difference and the hardest to get used to. Oh the reason for the post...flying a A380 would be even harder than a 737 I would suspect especially on landing as they are over 400 tons

 

Mark

 

 

[facthunter]

It's all about inertia. The heavier and faster they are, the harder they are to get moving or slow down, They're not hard to fly, just different, You can do a take-off and landing to a full stop in less than 6 minutes and fly a circuit at 400'. If you are level at 480 Kts and close the throttles it will take about 20 miles to get to a speed where you can extend flaps. The controls are actuated by hydraulics as it would be nearly impossible to fly with human effort alone, so the "feel" is different. ALL aeroplanes are still aeroplanes. Nev