- Dedicated Crew Chief on 80-0172; maintained assigned acft at 92% FMC Jun-Aug--obliterated 80% CAF std - Dedicated Flight Chief; ensures personnel trained and knowledgeable of AFI's; 100% QA pass rates for personnel - Dedicated to trng--compl'd CFETP 7-level core tasks/CDCs ahead of ...
These aircraft finished off Lockheed's otherwise excellent L-1011 which, with three engines and a larger crew, was discontinued in 1981. Unable to design entirely new aircraft, McDonnell Douglas upgraded its DC-9 into the MD-80 series and offered a similarly improved DC-10, called the MD-11...
Recovery When the flight crew recognises an undesired aircraft state, it should be able to apply the correct procedure or technique to exit the state. The competency focus should be on Flight Path Management – Manual Control (FPM) and Flight Path Management – Automation (FPA). The practical ...
I would like to thank the Sharps and teamNemesis,Ralph Wise,Curt Carter,Andy Chiavetta,Robby Grove,Roger Hayesand last but certainly not least my Crew Chief, Composite Fabricator and Backup/Chase Pilot Jennifer Whaley. Experimental aircraft are more accessible than you think. Check out your localE...
Future study recommendations include larger sample size for air sampling, characterizing crew chief exposures, more accurately estimating total exposure through blood or urine bioassay, and investigating the relationships between self-reported exposure vs. measurements and formal estimates.^...
Over seven decades after World War II, pilots still talk about the B-17 Flying Fortresses with a particular fondness. They even insist that the plane had a special smell unlike any other. Later, some crew members credited the B-17 with bringing them through the war alive, as if it were...
Aircraft Review : Airbus A330-941neo by ToLiss The story of the Airbus A330 Series is an odd airline history of being not what the Airlines actually wanted, but always came back to the aircraft to be used as a mainstay of their fleets. Created in tandem
The Crew Chief had tried to help and we had too many cooks. We had no flaps when we needed them for lift and flaps when we did not need them. Wheels were down when they should have been up too. It was a good lesson on how not to fly a plane. On the next pass, we landed ...
The description of the event were described as follows by the Eisenhower’s PAO LCDR. Cornell: “Mr. Weinberger, as the President of the congregation, presented the scroll to CAPT Cloyd, who graciously received it on behalf of the crew. Rabbi Lipper gave a message on the significance of To...
"Of course everybody is in a state of shock," said crew assistant chief Stan Shumway. "It's not every day you see a friend go down like that. We don't know what happened. We will try to find that out as time goes on." Sad News Very, very sad news indeed. More so, because ...