Sorry, I refuse to fly in any airplane that does not have neat graphics on the vertical stabilizer.

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195, YW and Andy, only by a few minutes ;-) BTW, http://www.calctool.org/CALC/other/games/depth_press is the pressure calculator.

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@pilot195 Also, Boeing lists 215 psi as pressure for the main gear of a 777-300. And if want a grisly mental picture (why would you? IDK), read "Table 1" at http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/aero_05/textonly/m03txt.html

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@pilot195 Pressure at 10k feet = 4500 psi or 300 atm so yes, that will "deflate" the tires even if they did not leak.

(Written on 2011年 04月 08日)(Permalink)

Two test pilots in the front seats doing what they had planned to do; hard to believe this was "pilot error" as I have seen mentioned elsewhere. Condolences.

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@Robert Fleming You mean as in "please someone, stop me before I kill again!" ;) No, he was "intentionally sleeping", meaning that he made deliberate plans and actions to nap rather than just falling asleep at his station.

(Written on 2011年 04月 08日)(Permalink)

Was this in level flight?

(Written on 2011年 04月 01日)(Permalink)

Old news and no big deal, just a waste of time for the seller.

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@Saurabh Thanks, I'll check them out.

(Written on 2011年 03月 11日)(Permalink)

@Saurabh Wow. I thought of that as the other possibility but then thought "Nah, too close together." That is really a great shot there and the fact that it was not an airshow makes it that much better! Excellent job.

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