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re: FedEx Flight 705 and the murder-suicide/crash attempt by Auburn Calloway.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:30 am to Count Chocula
Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:30 am to Count Chocula
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Does anyone still fly the L1011?
According to wiki, 11 Lockheed Tristars were still in service as of 2015. Don't recognize any of the operators.
Delta used a lot of those way before I became a frequent flyer.
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:30 am to Count Chocula
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Does anyone still fly the L1011?
I haven't seen anyone operate that in years, not even as a freighter outside of the US, I doubt they could find enough parts to keep one running for very long
Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:31 am to Dan Bilzerian
Can't believe I don't remember this. I was going through a bad break up and family member passing at this time but damn.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:32 am to cattus
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I was going through a bad break up and family member passing at this time but damn.
it got a little of the hush hush treatment
Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:36 am to 777Tiger
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I haven't seen anyone operate that in years, not even as a freighter outside of the US, I doubt they could find enough parts to keep one running for very long
Why not, Iran still flies a few of these
Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:37 am to 777Tiger
I heard that FedEx's Asian business grew substantially after Castaway was released. Kind of a gamble having one of your jets crash on the silver screen, but it paid off for them.
Don't think a film version of the Auburn Calloway beat down would have the same impact on FedEx's popularity.
Still seems weird that Tom Hanks boards an Airbus A300 in Memphis but crashes a DC-10 in the south Pacific. Pretty sure neither has the range for those long hauls. They use a fleet of Boeing 777's for those routes now.
Don't think a film version of the Auburn Calloway beat down would have the same impact on FedEx's popularity.
Still seems weird that Tom Hanks boards an Airbus A300 in Memphis but crashes a DC-10 in the south Pacific. Pretty sure neither has the range for those long hauls. They use a fleet of Boeing 777's for those routes now.
This post was edited on 5/25/16 at 11:43 am
Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:37 am to Count Chocula
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Why not, Iran still flies a few of these
still has, or still flies?
Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:39 am to 777Tiger
quote:I think they still have 4 in inventory. Parts are cannibalized from what was once 24 (going by memory)
still flies
Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:42 am to Count Chocula
Who is LSU777. That an alter of yours?
Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:42 am to Count Chocula
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I think they still have 4 in inventory.
wow, got to hand it to the ragheads, wonder why though, didn't we sell them a bunch of vipers?
Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:44 am to 777Tiger
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"it was never determined who was referred to as Roger."
The movie Airplane! was pretty recent at the time, they should have known who it was.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:45 am to 777Tiger
quote:If I recall, some old A models. Pretty much stripped out all the really good toys, same as we did with the F14's.
didn't we sell them a bunch of vipers?
Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:47 am to Dan Bilzerian
Holy shite. Watched that video on YouTube. The pilots are tough SOB's.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:48 am to Arkapigdiesel
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pilots are tough SOB's.
ETA: jokes aside, they were literally in a fight for their lives, adrenaline kicked in, I don't think the FO would have been considered being able to stand, much less fight with the injuries he sustained
ETA: contrast that to Swissair 111, those guys left the cockpit to sit out the crash in the back, granted there was a slight fire in the cockpit
This post was edited on 5/25/16 at 11:57 am
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:06 pm to member12
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Do you know what causes that horrid noise that comes from the floorboards of the Airbus planes before and during takeoff?
That is a pressure transfer unit that regulates hydraulic pressure during single engine taxis.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:08 pm to Dan Bilzerian
That was one hell of a video.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:12 pm to 777Tiger
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ETA: contrast that to Swissair 111, those guys left the cockpit to sit out the crash in the back, granted there was a slight fire in the cockpit
Wait, what?
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:46 pm to 777Tiger
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L1011?
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I haven't seen anyone operate that in years
There used to be a shitpot full of them parked at Mojave some years back. I don't if they are still sleeping there or they have turned into beer cans since then.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 1:41 pm to Dan Bilzerian
This LINK has a transcript of the cockpit voice recorder.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 2:16 pm to member12
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The pilot was going nearly inverted to try and keep the attacker off balance.
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