"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/12/2019 at 11:35 • Filed to: wingspan
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/12/2019 at 11:35 • Filed to: wingspan | 2
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PTZtv
Maho Beach on the island of Sint Maarten (St. Martin) is one of the world’s most famous locations for plane spotting, an idyllic locale where tourists can stand on the beach just off the end of the runway and practically touch the planes as they come for a landing at Princess Julianna Airport. But it’s not always beach weather in the Caribbean, and conditions can get truly foul, as the crew of this American Airlines Boeing 757 found out while trying to land in a rainstorm. Everything is going reasonably well, right up to the point where it’s not. Struck by crosswind, the left wing dips dangerously and the airliner seems to head for the ground, but a quick reaction from the crew, and the extraordinary power of the 757, avert a potential disaster.
The 757 has always been a hot rod, and while passengers may have complained about how long it takes to cycle through the long narrow cabin, pilots have praised its performance. In fact, back in 1991, a 757 took off from Gonggar Airport in Tibet at an elevation of 11,621 and surrounded by 16,000-foot peaks, circled, and landed, all powered by a single engine. Boeing stopped production of the 757 back in 2004 as sales of the big narrow-body were dwindling and Boeing chose to focus on building more of their best-selling 737s. Fifteen years later, with no new airliner in sight and with Boeing embroiled in problems with its 737 MAX line, the company may be regretting that decision.
Long narrow body, long legs, and great big engines, a Delta Air Lines 757 lands at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in significantly better weather. (Tim Shaffer)
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For Sweden
> ttyymmnn
04/12/2019 at 11:41 |
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Throwback to a bad take:
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For Sweden
> ttyymmnn
04/12/2019 at 11:41 |
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Double post?
Double post.
Mercedes Streeter
> ttyymmnn
04/12/2019 at 12:02 |
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I wonder if some pilots secretly scream “TOGA!!!!” to themselves when powering out of an aborted landing.
...That may or may not be what I do when drunk in x-plane VR.
I also highly recommend drunk IFR landings in VR.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> ttyymmnn
04/12/2019 at 12:07 |
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I think I’ve been on a 757 from MSP
to ATL on Delta a few times. Honestly I don’t remember.
I do remember my flights on the A320's from Virgin Atlantic. Disco plane FTW.
Ash78, voting early and often
> ttyymmnn
04/12/2019 at 12:19 |
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Mmmm, single aisle and a pair of big engines. Giggity.
Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
> ttyymmnn
04/12/2019 at 13:10 |
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Boeing’s NMA
(new mid range aircraft
) study is essentially a 757 replacement to counter Airbus’ A321L
R. Although with the shitshow over the Max I haven’t read anything about it in a while.
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ttyymmnn
> Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
04/12/2019 at 13:13 |
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They recently kicked that cab down the roses yet again, and delayed any decision by at least another year. They thought the MAX 9 would compete with the A321. Yeah, about that...
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Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
> ttyymmnn
04/12/2019 at 13:16 |
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I think part of it was there’s not an engine available in the req’d thrust range efficient enough to put on the 797.
BrooklynEagle
> ttyymmnn
04/12/2019 at 14:30 |
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He’s just using the engines to dry off the runway for his next pass.