I love how #Reddit is full of pilots demonstrating the #fuelcutoffswitches in their #Boeings.
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if the pilot flying or pilot monitoring flipped the Air India 171 engine fuel switches to OFF during initial climb it beggars belief - even i know never to do that and i've only ever flown an aircraft in the game X-Plane
www.bbc.comAir India crash report: Cockpit audio deepens mystery of Flight 171Fuel cut-off switches were flipped seconds after take-off, a preliminary report finds.
Not confirmed, but if you hear a jarring crash of a space rocket into the hills tonight at 2:31am, it appears SpaceX is (unusually, I might add) planning on landing a rocket very close to shore in Los Angeles/Ventura County. Not too much margin if things go wrong. Going to be one helluva sonic boom.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch locks on Boeing planes are safe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/world/air-india-probe-us-faa-boeing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #airindia #us #faa #boeing #aviation #airlines #airaccidents
The Japan Times · Amid Air India probe, U.S. FAA and Boeing say fuel switch locks are safe
If the rumors are true that that orange fucker ground stopped the entire Northeast so he could get booed at #fifacwc we need to impeach him every goddamned day until he finally croaks.
No to foreign #drones; yes to #MadeinCanada! Should be 1st in capacity-building strategy for our #aviation. Does our gov't have the vision?
#Canada reportedly planning to purchase unmanned fighter drones (VIDEO) https://youtu.be/Dvivp2DYA9o #cdnpoli #polcan #defense #defence #military #RCAF #UCAV #UAV
Taking off from San Juan, Puerto Rico on a Britten-Norman Trislader
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Installed the new rudder links! It’s so much better. I actually moved my seat back one tab (third image shows the copilot seat, which is all the way back. The pilot’s seat is now at the center position).
Only downside is that my rudder lock is slightly less effective. It’s really easy for it to slide up on the control stick now. So I’ll use the seat belt to hold the stick in place, which wasn’t necessary before (though still a good idea).
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This photo tells us something important about aerodynamics for wings.
Look at the tip feathers. They are hardly bent, and feathers are flimsy. There is no lift being generated at the bird's wingtips.
My glider generates lift at the tips...and because of that my glider needs a rudder/vertical fin in order to turn.
Birds don't have vertical fins/rudders, but they turn just fine.
https://youtu.be/Hr0I6wBFGpY?t=238
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prandtl-D
The kind of wing the Wright Brothers used...made a rudder/vertical fin mandatory. We had to unlearn that in order to make a plane that flies like a bird.
Flying home from vacation today.
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Smooth Flying Eastern Electra Postcard.
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#EasternAirlines #Lockheed #Postcard #Aviation #Airplanes #Avgeek #Ephemera
Gat On A Sat 2 12th July 2025.
YL-BAN, British Aerospace Avro RJ70, Air Baltic, taxiing out to the runway at London Gatwick, as seen from the terraces above the South Terminal, 1st March 1996.
#London #Gatwick #LGW #EGKK #BritishAerospace #Avro #RJ70 #AirBaltic #GatOnASat
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NKAWTG...... No one. USAF KC-10A Extender takes the option at Travis AFB, August 2022 #NKAWTG #Travis #travisafb #KC10 #extender #refuel #tanker #aviationphotography #planespotting #photography #Nikon #aviation #AvGeek #spotter
Antonov AN-124 UR-82008 on final for Moffett Field., Sunnyvale, California #antonov #AN124 #KNUQ #moffett #NAFO #aviation #aviationphotography #planespotting #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #aircraft #nikonphotgraphy #Z9
The single seat glider I am building is a far cry from a Boeing 787, but there are still some commonalities. I have switches of various types that control different aspects of the glider's operation.
This video shows three switches on my instrument panel. The master switch is entirely unguarded, and a casual bump or incorrect movement can flip the switch. The next two switches have different types of guards. The second switch requires you to pull back on the switch to get over a mechanical bar that prevents accidental flipping. The third switch is entirely covered with a bright red guard that must be first lifted before you can access the switch. Now that I think of it, I may want to add some sort of guard to the (first) master switch because it turns on and off all electrical systems.
1985 Horizon Air F-27 Postcard.
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prudence au sujet du Dreamliner indien (VT-ANB / Air India) :
page 6 du rapport préliminaire est mentionné un bulletin de la FAA (SAIB nº NM-18-33 du 17 décembre 2018)
La sécurité des 2 boutons d'arrêt carburant est parfois livrée désactivée. On peut alors les bouger accidentellement. L'inspection n'était pas obligatoire et la compagnie indienne a choisi de ne pas vérifier.
Donc ce n'est donc pas forcément un suicide du copilote (d'autant qu'il nie vocalement y avoir touché)
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After picking up that piece of bar stock earlier this week, I cut it up and made the new rudder links. And this time, with a bunch of holes for different spacing. So that the next owner doesn’t have to share my pain. #avgeek #aviation #ExperimentalAviation #homebuilt