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Re: Planespotting

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Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11966146)

McLaren would probably prefer to race in your truck this year. :lol:

Ain't that the truth!

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Booked on the AA Screamliner from Chicago to Manchester and back, in August.

Looking forward to ticking that off the list......provided that the batteries don't catch fire.

Jim.

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Originally Posted by markonline1 (Post 11963506)

At Heathrow and most other major airports, the fuel is piped directly in. There are then underground pipes that feed each stand. A vehicle is used to hook up the the underground system, and pump the fuel into the aircraft. Memory is getting a little hazy now, but I don't think a 45 minute operation to fuel a 747 would be unusual.
When I fuel aircraft using a truck, it's pumped in at about 40psi. Whether it's the same on the fuel bowsers that fuel the big commercial aircraft, I don't know.

A little hazy now after 20+ years, but I remember when I went through the Chinook helicopter ground school, when we covered the fuel system, being impressed at some of the numbers. It's about 1 ton of fuel per minute, so for a Chinook HCMk2 (I think they're on the Mk 8 now!) it would be about 3.5 minutes to full refuel (had some fun doing running rotors refuel on occassion!)... Anyway, that fuel is going in under pressure, and has to displace the air in the various tanks (I think the Mk 2 had 6, 3 in each sponson) so you need a valve to let that air out, but that also closes when the fuel gets to it... Happy days!

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More trivia for you:
The Airbus 332 holds a little over 139,000 Litres and it takes from empty some 33 minutes to refuel from four couplings.

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Taken today, on the Southern Shore of Lake Ponchetrain, Kenner, Louisiana, on approach to New Orleans Airport.

Jim.

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MH370 searchers say they have been looking in the wrong place. Seriously! :rolleyes:

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Driving up I-55, just North of Litchfield, Illinois, today.

I managed to catch a photo of N14522, an ExpressJet Embraer 135 LR.....in a most unusual circumstance :sarcasm:

Jim.

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So a new report gives perhaps the best indication so far that MH370 was, indeed, piloted deliberately into the south Pacific.

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Occams razor would suggest you're right :/

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American Airlines had an incident in Chicago today, plane caught fire.

20 Injured After American Airlines Plane Catches Fire at Chicago's O'Hare Airport - ABC News

Fedex also had a plane catch fire today after landing gear collapsed.

FedEx Plane Catches Fire at Fort Lauderdale Airport | NBC 6 South Florida

Re: Planespotting

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12090183)

The AA Plane had just arrived from LHR, and was on its way to Miami.

Jim.

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That'll probably T-Cut out

Spoiler:

The NTSB are gonna be busy the next few weeks.

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Originally Posted by markonline1 (Post 12090541)

That'll probably T-Cut out .....

A couple of new spars in the wing and it will be as good as new! :nod:

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12090588)

A couple of new spars in the wing and it will be as good as new! :nod:

Slightly bigger winglet that's all.

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If your tall avoid the E175 series aircraft on Delta. Not going to be a good experience. Lol