Aviation BS and Photo Thread

The plane that Boeing should be making instead of the Max. So many airlines screaming for something with 757 range and capacity. Good thing Airbus is building one.

 

Thank you!

I agree that I wish this one was still in production.

Got some great pictures of my first takeoff from one of the SFO controllers.

 

How was the first landing? Lol! My first land in the 37 was not good. Neither were the few after. I’ve improved with 17 years now on type.

 

I feel like my landing was actually not bad, but the auto brakes came on a little more abruptly than I was expecting. I was so concentrated! It feels so high and fast on landing compared to the Sovereign I was flying before.

 

You get use to the auto brake pretty quickly. They kind of just snatch on the 37 and try to drive the nose down as you’re trying to fly it down. You get a feel for just how much back pressure to add to keep the nose gear from slamming on, but not so much that you stop or reverse the de-rotation. You also develop a feel for just when to override the auto brake so the pax don’t feel the ‘pop’, and you just continue to smoothly decelerate.

Congrats on getting to fly that beautiful aircraft for a world class airline. You’ve put in the effort and the hard work. You deserve to be in that seat. Enjoy it!

 

Congratulations Matthew!

 

Oh I’m sure it’ll take a while for me to really dial it in. My next flight is on a 767 so I’ll get to feel how that plane handles differently.

Thank you!

 

Well, that's new ... it's almost like cheating. Very cool a controller was able to take unique photos of the big event for you.

Enjoy the ride!!

 

This is my ride. Not a bad way to spend an hour or two every week. This belongs to the Abbotsford Flying Club, in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.

 

PA-28...my brother had one. Fun to fly

 

Grandson of a couple of people we fly with took some discovery flights and is starting lessons and getting a simulator for his bday next week. They asked that I immortalized him in cherry and maple so I did. Threw in a ‘remove before flight’ keychain, every pilot needs one

 

Be careful what you go looking for……you just mind find it!

 

Check on https://globe.adsb.fi/ , that is the one I feed now as they dont filter per the LADD https://www.faa.gov/pilots/ladd

(and start feeding yourself, its a bit addictive)

(I used to feed/recommended https://globe.adsbexchange.com/ until they got bought...)

 

Wow, interesting. That site is a lot.

 

Some plane porn:
https://twitter.com/afthunderbirds/status/1647704020344004612?s=46&t=Jjxzk6QVPFkkS8V2RVv-aQ

 

Is this the airshow where a unknown solo fighter comes in smoking hot, at 5' AGL with a rooster tail, and surprises the crap out of everyone?

Was anyone in attendance?

Edit: I think the Blue Angels do that routine.

 

I was not. This was the airshow this weekend.

 

Spent time with my daughter at the EAA Young Eagles program. Cal Aero in Chino CA hosted. Thanks to Cal Aero and EAA 92 volunteers.

Snapped this picture of a gorgeous 140.

 

Maybe some of you folks will enjoy seeing these…a few of my photos from Sun ‘N Fun. It was yet another week of aviation fun!