And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Check out Mentourpilot on YouTube. Analyzes plane mishaps and crashes. Flying isn't really all that easy, especially when something goes wrong. It is frankly shocking how often it goes from perfectly normal flight to plummeting to earth in about two minutes.
This is an Airbus A-380. You see 4 sets of engine gauges in the upper panel dead center and if you look at the brightly lit panel center right, you see 5 green triangles....one above and 4 in line below. These are landing gear indicators. The A380 has a nose gear and 4 main landing gear trucks.
FWIW #1, the Captain has his screens displaying a tail-mounted camera's view of his lineup on the runway.
FWIW #2. You know right away that this is not a plane from an American company. Firstly, no American carrier flies the A380. But more broadly, American companies do not allow their pilots to operate Personal Electronic Devices (cameras, phones, etc.) when below 10,000'. If you're seeing a picture or video of an airliner cockpit while the plane is on or near the ground, that plane is not from an American carrier.
I've heard from a reliable source that the big ones almost fly themselves.
ReplyDeleteMind blowing that they can land themselves in darkness or thunderstorms.
DeleteHow long before the airlines outsource the pilots seat to a remote operator in India... Just the copilot seat... to start.
DeleteI've heard you only need a few lessons in a Cessna, and to not even do well at them, to be able fly a big boy plane.
ReplyDeleteThe issue isn’t flying the big one, the issue is knowing what to do when something goes wrong, fails or otherwise shits the bed at 550mph @ 35,000 ft
ReplyDeleteCheck out Mentourpilot on YouTube. Analyzes plane mishaps and crashes. Flying isn't really all that easy, especially when something goes wrong. It is frankly shocking how often it goes from perfectly normal flight to plummeting to earth in about two minutes.
DeleteAirburst?
ReplyDeleteThis is an Airbus A-380. You see 4 sets of engine gauges in the upper panel dead center and if you look at the brightly lit panel center right, you see 5 green triangles....one above and 4 in line below. These are landing gear indicators. The A380 has a nose gear and 4 main landing gear trucks.
ReplyDeleteFWIW #1, the Captain has his screens displaying a tail-mounted camera's view of his lineup on the runway.
FWIW #2. You know right away that this is not a plane from an American company. Firstly, no American carrier flies the A380. But more broadly, American companies do not allow their pilots to operate Personal Electronic Devices (cameras, phones, etc.) when below 10,000'. If you're seeing a picture or video of an airliner cockpit while the plane is on or near the ground, that plane is not from an American carrier.
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