ColinTD on Dreamliner Crash in Ahmedabad: Air India flight 171The background to SAIB NM-18-33 https://ad.easa.europa.eu/blob/NM-18-33.pdf/SIB_NM-18-33_1 mentioned in the report is very interesting, as it relates to the locks on…
ColinTD on Dreamliner Crash in Ahmedabad: Air India flight 171The interim report is here https://aaib.gov.in/What's%20New%20Assets/Preliminary%20Report%20VT-ANB.pdf It explicitly says the switches were turned off, that one pilot asked the other…
David Provan on How the B-52 Lands in CrosswindsNo, I haven't landed a B52. Nor even flown in one. But I spent some time in the driver's seat…
CHip on Dreamliner Crash in Ahmedabad: Air India flight 171The report points to a really bad move, but makes no assessment; https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/world/asia/air-india-crash-report.html describes how non-trivial it is to cut…
CHip on How the B-52 Lands in CrosswindsA cold in summer just doesn't seem fair. Hope you're feeling better soon. Those are impressive videos. At first I…
Martin on How the B-52 Lands in CrosswindsHi Sylvia, I second the recommendation of whiskey macs but not the naming suggestion. Did you notice the 747 in…
Gorgeous pictures of a great looking airplane!
It works, then!
Rob…
Thank you Jason. And yes, Rob, intermittantly ;)