@ymb1 last time a jetliner had a stall-then-not-a-crash I know of was the Jazz CRJ that stalled a wing 10' above the landing runway due to icing back in January
I've been seeing this a lot, review voters mistaking LQ flag for NAA, LQ is LQ, no need up-voting it and choosing looks ok, only makes the reviewers job harder and eventually it's deleted anyway
@Federico is this post showing as -5 to you aviation.stackexchange.com/a/61132/14897 ? I'm 100% sure it was 0 before I DV'ed it to give it the final VTD, so it should be -1, but all of a sudden it became -5 (bug or someone flagged spam/rude or caching issue?)
does the regulatory term 'transition training' apply only to different aircraft, saying moving from a Cessna 172 to a 182, or can it also apply to right>left seat transition?
the verbatim is:
> (2) Transition training. The training required for crewmembers who have qualified and served in the same capacity on another aircraft.
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Anybody know where to find info on how the L-1011 stall warning system worked? I remember reading that they used something different than the usual AoA vanes, but I can't find anywhere that explains what it was.
@DanHulme It's an oddball system. Seems overly complex. I wrote up a question on it, because I can't figure out why they used it instead of a vane
Maybe somebody knows why.
It played a part in the TWA 843 crash. That's the plane that was still sitting completely roasted off the end of 13R at JFK when the plane I was on landed on 31R
anyone willing to help find a proper title for this question: aviation.stackexchange.com/q/58798/14897 ? it's built on wrong premises (inadvertently asking diff things) and I can't figure which to use for the title
@TomMcW that's interesting, any photo to go with the question? I'll try to look into it -- all I know is Lockheed spent a lot on the R&D