It only took sixty years, but indeed the program has finally come full circle.

(Written on 20/08/2018)(Permalink)

On the contrary, that was pretty darn professional on both ends. Not *entirely*, but very much so.

(Written on 25/07/2018)(Permalink)

Watching the Iridium launches have been fun, so it's nice to see this real-world application of those launches to go with it!

(Written on 27/02/2018)(Permalink)

I've been saying for years, but Boeing opting to do the 737MAX, instead of a new cleansheet design to cover *both* the 150 seat market and NMA market, was a major strategic mistake. I made this claim even right when they announced the MAX choice, and boy has the market proven me right

(Written on 27/02/2018)(Permalink)

Oops, guess not. Maybe on some equivalent weight basis?

(Written on 17/01/2018)(Permalink)

Separately.

(Written on 17/01/2018)(Permalink)

They didn't until after landing, at which point they said something about radio problems to which tower replied "that's pretty evident"

(Written on 23/10/2017)(Permalink)

Looks like a not-uncommon problem of some sort appeared (perhaps work-overload or something), but all the safety measures in effect prevented anything truly serious from happening. The enhanced ground proximity warning system worked properly and the pilots properly responded to ditch everything else and climb to work out the bugs in their approach. Good stuff.

(Written on 08/10/2017)(Permalink)

Holy shit that's a serious blowout. Gonna have to be a serious investigation

(Written on 30/09/2017)(Permalink)

Also what's the purpose of this testing? Some super duper ETOPS or something?

(Written on 03/08/2017)(Permalink)