For the aviation fans

[SwissVan]

Our house in SA had a small poos (roughly 3 x 7 meters) which held about 30 000 litres of water. A 747 can take up to about 180 000 litres so that would be 6 times my pool so you might want to correct your statement that the 747 has a pretty large swimming pool in it.

Typo

 

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Imagine with tones playing pull up pull up PULL UP

[DJR]

On the 737 how big are the tanks, are they big enough for someone to get in?

 

I have on occasion found things like screw drivers in fuel tanks but that’s on small pisscats that I worked on where you can only put your arm inside.... so it’s easy to forget something and not notice it (took check jaaaa... i know), so i can imagine in those big tanks the potential to leave something more interesting ( large ) inside

Interesting? What? Like a bicycle?  

[MrJacques]

Private jet makes fiery belly-landing at Daytona Beach airport in Florida:

 

https://www.rt.com/usa/481333-daytona-beach-crash-landing/

Edited February 21, 2020 by Jacquers

[Lotus]

Private jet makes fiery belly-landing at Daytona Beach airport in Florida:

 

https://www.rt.com/usa/481333-daytona-beach-crash-landing/

 

Butt-clenching moments for the occupants!

 

And those firefighters got there quickly!

[MrJacques]

Borrowed from elsewhere...

 

Bell 429 EDAT (Electrically Distributed Anti-Torque system )

"In a nutshell, we removed all of the conventional mechanical anti-torque components – which is gearboxes, driveshafts, and tail rotor hub and blades – and replaced it with four electric motors and fans,” Eric Sinusas, Bell's Light Aircraft Program director, said in an interview with Vertical magazine. "This is the first time anyone in the world ever done this, so the first step was just to make sure that it actually works – and yes it does work."

 

https://www.verticalmag.com/news/bell-electrically-distributed-anti-torque-edat/

 

 

[Bonus]

I could listen to these all day long :-)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVbueF01_VA

[Bonus]

The 747....

[Long Wheel Base]

The 747....

My all time favorite aircraft. I have put in so many hours on the -400s. I got plenty steps in on the days I was fortunate to work on them. Up and down from cockpit to outside is a lot of stairs. Man I miss those aircraft.

[Bateleur1]

My all time favorite aircraft. I have put in so many hours on the -400s. I got plenty steps in on the days I was fortunate to work on them. Up and down from cockpit to outside is a lot of stairs. Man I miss those aircraft.

 

Jip with you on that.  The 747-8 in my opinion is the cherry on the top.  I am desperately trying to get a diecast model of the Lufthansa 747-8 for my desk.

[Bateleur1]

I could listen to these all day long :-)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVbueF01_VA

 

What would be a safe distance away from those engines before risking being sucked in?

[vetkop]

https://www.botswana-airshow.com/index.php

 

 

[Bonus]

Jip with you on that.  The 747-8 in my opinion is the cherry on the top.  I am desperately trying to get a diecast model of the Lufthansa 747-8 for my desk.

 

I have a 200 scale British Airway Cargo 747-8 model in storage :-)

[patham]

The 747....

 

I only realised just recently that the 747-8 freighters have a very short upper deck as per the original 100/200/SP series, and do not have the passenger oriented stretched upper deck as shown in the graphic. I would have thought it would have been cheaper to standardise the construction and give everyone the same shape regardless of usage, but obviously not.

[Lotus]

Looks like the low cost options are going to get fewer for travelers at Lanseria:

https://techcentral.co.za/mango-joins-saa-in-cancelling-flights/96152/

[Bateleur1]

I have a 200 scale British Airway Cargo 747-8 model in storage :-)

 

I found out that the Gemini 1:400 will be available in a months time Oh my wife is gonna be so impressed ...

[Bateleur1]

I only realised just recently that the 747-8 freighters have a very short upper deck as per the original 100/200/SP series, and do not have the passenger oriented stretched upper deck as shown in the graphic. I would have thought it would have been cheaper to standardise the construction and give everyone the same shape regardless of usage, but obviously not.

 

Well it is not as if they are built from a mold. There will be some extra weight which you would like to cut to reduce operating costs.