planedriver

I understood the 146 sometimes needed a 5th. One to carry as a spare? Perhaps that's why they are so quiet.

That SMELL comment certainly brings back a few memories.

When I had a flight on Concorde Bahrain to London, i'm grateful they didn't do any aeros, but you could certainly see the curvature of the earth. Could'nt understand why the window in the toilet was frosted? Who the hells going to see what you've got at 65,000ft?

Maybe, but the BILL is not something to be looked forward to.

It was a Cessna 210 turbo, Skippy. Great job in my book with his final decisions leaving the gear up.

I believe the cabin pressue in the Comet was found to be too high which also put stress on the airframe which was not up to the task. It is sad that we have to learn from such tragedies, but fortunately airframes these days seem far more capable. Cabin pressure and fatige caused the windows to pop as I understand it.

Turbulence from storm activity is pretty common in that part of the world and I cannot see any good reason to unbuckle the belt completely unless going to use the toilets. It may be a hard lesson for some to learn, but I bet all the passengers on this flight will keep them buckled in future. Cumulonimbus storm clouds can top out above 50,000ft, way higher than normal aircraft cruise levels and are certainly to be avoided. Way back in 1954 a De Havilland Comet broke up mid flight due to excess stresses on the airframe when flying through a storm.

OMG KGW, don't say what's on the news is BS yet again?

A very concerning time for all on board, plus loved ones on the ground. Certainly not an enviable position to be in. However, the outcome is good in that all survived the ordeal unscathed thanks to the skill of the pilot. Not being familiar with type. It would seem that there is no other means of manually lowerering the gear, or it would have been used? It will be interesting to know the cause which will no doubt be revealed in time. Aircraft can always be repaired or replaced, not so, those on board in most cases.

Whether wrong, or long, white clouds, they'd have to learn to adjust to their conditions which i'm sure would be a challenge to some. So you'd be spot on again Nev. What you might think is a wheel wobble on landing may just be the Island shaking it's fist again, but it's always prudent to check.

kei te hae ahau (for Aussie's, i'm envious)

Looking great Marty! Having been following your build, I and others are probably almost as excited as you to see this.

You should have known me back then Nev. I used to very cheaply build my own radio control gear using acorn valves out of walkie-talkies from the government surplus shops. I could have saved you a lot of money. The fluttering rudder (galloping ghost system} left lots of room for improvement though.