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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Snakes on a plane?!



Snakes on a plane!!! It must have been torture for that poor snake, -12°F and low oxygen combined with wind... I don't think he suffered very long though. This 10ft python latched onto the wing on a flight in Australia. The flight crew and passengers handled it extremely well. Lets go to an interview shortly after, -Samuel?

 

Oh?! Never mind him, they really did handle it well. "There was no panic," passenger Robert Weber told the Sun Herald. "At no time did anyone stop to consider that there might be others on board.'' "It appears as though the snake has initially crawled up inside the landing bay, maybe housed himself in there, and then crawled into the trailing ledge flap assembly," Paul Cousins, the president of the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association, told the BBC. Fortunately for them this wasn't some random terrorist plot, but just a curious scrub python. I can't help but laugh though all I can think about is the movie...  So I'll leave you with this-

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Flight Patterns

This video on the vast number of flights taking place in the United Sates and their patterns is in QuickTime Player format just to let you know.  It's an extremely artistic and revealing video... just breath taking!

Click this link: Flight Patterns:

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Sunday, January 13, 2013

787 Dreamliner Hiccups

Boeing is getting a lot of bad press lately due to the 787 Dreamliner issues.  I'm not entirely sure why a lot of these problems are occurring with Japan Airlines- it just sounds odd to me.

I think the 787 is a great step in energy efficient aircraft.  With it's considerably small lithium ion batteries it runs free of the bulky and heavy hydraulics systems normally operating flight surfaces.  The aircraft de-ices and starts with electrical power and it's one of the first aircraft to be built with mainly light-weight carbon plastic to save on gas.  It's definitely a great bound for aviation, but with there being 50 787s out there flying already and hundreds on order, I understand the FAAs decision to investigate.  If there is a fundamental problem with this new-age aircraft then it needs to be taken care of.



Only the outcome of the pending "comprehensive review" will tell if there is actually something wrong with the planes power system.

The 'real' issues like a battery fire and 50 gallon gas spill are greatly worrying, but a lot of the things being reported seem like regular maintenance to me.  For instance, a cracked windshield making news?Unfortunately for Boeing, now that the 787 is tentatively being watched by the press for anything that goes wrong, I predict we'll be seeing it cast in dark undertones by the media.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

I know it's been a while since my last post, but the holidays were great! 2013 brings with it the promise of a new chance.  What am I doing with this year?!

I just started classes at Embry-Riddle Aeronautic University in the Aviation Maintenance Science program.  I love it so far!  The campus is amazing, the faculty are all great, and the student population is friendly!

I have much homework, but I will leave you with this for a bit of entertainment.