Actually, if you look at the Flightaware track, he makes a turn to the west and crosses I-11 which the controller probably would not have anticipated. It actually makes no sense for him to have done that unless he was thinking the 17s were in use at Henderson, though the controller clearly tells him the 35s are in use. What he should have done was go to Boulder City (BLD) VOR and track outbound on the 245 radial. That keeps you clear of the Class B and sets you up just about right for a midfield pattern entry for either set of runways. This guy has no excuse, the controller was just right as the pilot had no need to transit the Class B to get where he was going to.

(Written on 2020年 06月 27日)(Permalink)

"A certification flight test, which is expected to last at least two days, is likely to take place starting as early as Tuesday but has not been finalized." Wow, that's going to be a pretty impressive demonstration of endurance. Not only for the aircraft, but for the flight test crew as well.

(Written on 2020年 06月 27日)(Permalink)

Sliding down the runway on the bottom of both nacelles may compromise the integrity of power generation, hydraulics, and fuel systems as the accessory cases are located there. Way too early to draw conclusions though.

(Written on 2020年 05月 23日)(Permalink)

Embraer is in a lot worse shape than Boeing is from a financial standpoint. Yep, market cap. was $1.1 billion last Friday. It will very likely drop below $1 billion today.

(Written on 2020年 04月 27日)(Permalink)

There was some back and forth between Boeing and Treasury in March, but Boeing ended up turning down Mnuchin's proposal. There were also provisions in the recently passed legislation which could provide government backed loans that a lot of pundits were howling about as a backdoor Boeing bailout, but the provisions are for the industry in general and up to this point Boeing has not applied. Instead of taking government aid, Boeing scaled back production, cut executive pay, suspended the shareholder dividend, drew on existing credit lines and (according to stock analysts) the markets are pricing in a secondary equity offering in the not too distant future. As for the Embraer stake, it's just good business to walk away from a bad business deal.

(Written on 2020年 04月 27日)(Permalink)

Simple economics. Embraer's market capitalization has fallen to $1.1 billion. So Boeing's supposed to pay $4.2 billion for 80% of $1.1 billion? No that can't work. Boeing is right to walk away.

(Written on 2020年 04月 26日)(Permalink)

There's nothing funny about that. That's just lack of situational awareness, whether a flight or s mx crew. When I was a young pup mechanic I couldn't keep track of the times people seemed to feel the need lock a brake and run the RPMs up to spin an aircraft around in front of the shop so it faced tail first into the hangar. A cut and paste from my insurance agent: "current aviation insurance market we're facing which is really tough these days."

(Written on 2020年 04月 02日)(Permalink)

Paranoia the Destroyer! - Credit to Ray Davies...

(Written on 2020年 03月 09日)(Permalink)

Yeah, and the lawyers just get richer...

(Written on 2019年 12月 24日)(Permalink)

It was a regular old fashioned ground loop. There was a 25 knot left crosswind. As he comes in on the reverse thrust the airplane begins to move to the right because of the reverse thrust crosswind component. You can see it in the video. The natural urge is to go to the tiller to steer the nose wheels left which actually aggravates the situation. Note that the right aileron is faired as the turn starts. You've got to stay light on the brakes, use idle reverse (if any), crank in full left aileron, and use the rudder for directional control! Basic stick and rudder stuff.

(Written on 2019年 11月 12日)(Permalink)