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Thomas, you misunderstood that. @jpe61 didn't downvote three times (which is not possible, btw.) but just wondered why the question had three DVs at that time. I guess none of them is from jpe61. Currently there are -3 and +2 totalling in -1.

@Xaddell Didn't they tell you? I mean, you are suspended network-wide (i.e. not only on aviation.stackexchange.com) for the next 10 years. That is quite long. You must have done something which the mods consider really bad.

I mean, I can download an official manual for my TV set or my oven, which is NOT just a collection of photographies made by someone wearing sunglasses and a hoodie. Are these scans reliable? They look like piracy. Are they?

A moment ago I encountered an answer which refers to a document covering the A320's FCOM. The document looks like a scan of the original (paper) document. Moreover, whenever I search for official manuals of aircraft (no matter the exact topic) I always end up with PDFs that either look like faxes or (piracy) scans. How's that? Aren't there any official documents in the net?

@TerranSwett Just redefine IFR as Intense Flight Rapture. Then it works.

@TerranSwett I got some 200 or so and can now edit posts on my own. \o/

This doesn't look like "forward of the CG" to me. I'd guess the CG is more or less exactly there.

(Original picture by John Wheatley - myaviation.net/search/…, GFDL 1.2, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17455840)

@TerranSwett Here kathrynsreport.com/2019/09/… is a quite different picture of the plane than the New York Post's stock image.

Just seen a (German) video about Barra Airport (EGPR) in Scotland. Man, that is way cool. An airport at the beach and the runways come and go with the tide.

@ymb1 LOL. I bet it's someone from the well known AS:IA department (Aviation Stackexchange: Internal Affairs) operating undercover and trying to check whether our duplicate detection works as it is supposed to.

@ymb1 I'm going off now to re-fuel myself with some Curry dish. Have a good night (or whatever is appicable in your timezone).

:-) Funnily, I upvoted your first example (in the past). Presumably because it also is about LCY. Indeed: When the aircraft comes to stillstand, you can just step out and enter the terminal. No buses, no jetways, just the stair and the apron.

The French version never comes to my mind because I cannot really read it. I learned French in school but forgot almost all of it.

Well, sometimes I get more information from the German Wiki, sometimes from the English version. I often switch between them if I'm not satisfied.

You are from Canada then?

:-) Btw, the German Wiki lists the aircraft certified to use LCY. No idea why the English Wiki doesn't.

Naaah, don't spend too much effort in that. You already did and I already feel guilty

Oh, that's new to me. TIL :-)

Yes, but LCY requires 5.5° approach path (as opposed to the usual 3°) and I'd assume the equreiments for take-off are similar.

Actually I don't know. But LCY has some specialties: it's located in the vicinity of many skyscrapers (the largest in the UK). The RWY length is just 1,500 metres/4,900 ft long and aircraft need special certification to be allowed to use it (it's not really STOL, but close to it). From Wiki: "Only multi-engine, fixed-wing aircraft with special aircraft and aircrew certification to fly 5.5° approaches are allowed to conduct operations at London City Airport"

Yes, from London to JFK it does a tank stop at Shannon (Ireland) after an hour or so because it cannot start with full fuel tanks in LCY (MTOW exceeded for the given RWY). But from JFK to LCY it flies non-stop.

@ymb1 Exactly. But in an A318 usually equipped with ~120 seats in a 32 seat configuration. That must be awesome. It's quite expensive (regular price is in the ballpark of 10,000 € two-way) but also quite exclusive. The flight number is BA001 (just like the Concorde flights). Very British.

@ymb1 LOL. No idea about the controls of AB vs. Embrear, but I'd really love to depart from EGLC with an Airbus operated by BA, in particular with their (one and only!) A318.

Hey, I hope the BA pilots who will bring me back from EGLC to my place the next week in an E-190 have more than that single switch on their dashboard. I'd very much appreciate a "left/right" dial. :-)

@ymb1 At least, let me show the pic that I intended to decorate my post with to clarify my concerns related to the transition between the different aircraft:

@ymb1 Thank you. I was just preparing a "real" question about this topic. The question you linked to is not exactly what I'm after but close enough.

I'd consider it difficult to mentally switch between the different behaviour of these two families in a short time because I assume very much of a pilot's interaction with an aircraft is "muscle memory": if X happens, press the Y button and pull the Z lever. But in another aircraft (different manufacturer) the levers and buttons might be at different positions, behave differently, or even be absent. This would void the "muscle memory".

Inspired by the question Can a commercial airline pilot, flying either A320 or B737, ...? I wonder if it is common for pilots to actually fly both Airbus and Boeings? "Common" as in "one week this, the other week that".

I currently see three dotted lines (never noticed them before) and they seem to fade out, the "older" they are

See chat.stackexchange.com/faq#formatting, section Where have I read to?

@ymb1 :-) I have no idea what causes people to ask such questions. The second photo is even taken from the duplicate. Maybe the poster wants to try us.

@ymb1 Thank you. Nice artwork :-)

In the anwsers to this question about the "protrusions on the sides of [a F-16I's] fuselage" people talk about CFTs (Conformal Fuel Tanks). Do they refer to the the light-green devices next to the pilot's shoulders that look like a giant travel neck cushion? Just curious what device they meant.

@TomMcW I attempted to do one here after seeing this picture of @CrossRoads' Cessna being depainted. Well, it was just an attempt.

We recently had a question about what happens when a pilot doesn't show up. Answer: let a passenger fly the plane.

So cool!

Seen this? m.youtube.com/watch?v=8ywU033RKDc

Yes, might be. BB

I'm terribly sorry but I have to leave the chat for today. Thank you very much for letting me enjoy it.

@ymb1 Yes, poor Jim. That's exactly how I would have behaved :(

Open cockpit? Wow!

@ymb1 Yes, I think so. Same with my job. I'm a software guy and "ordinary people" don't get what I'm doing and wouldn't understand my language. It's practice, habit, knowledge, experience.

That's one (of the many) reasons why I couldn't be a pilot, let alone international flight paths.