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AF447 never entered a spin. It was held in a deep stall. It was recoverable with proper control inputs.

That’s why you have emergency authority as a Captain. Solves those pesky ATC issues.

They don’t need to ground the aircraft. They need only enforce the existing regulations. The FAA has been very lenient with the E/E category. If more aircraft start using exhibition to circumvent the intent I would absolutely expect them to crack down on E/E aircraft. The other issue not...

Here is the FAA basic take on E/E registration. Exhibition: to exhibit an aircraft’s flight capabilities, performance, or unusual characteristics for air shows, motion pictures, television, and similar productions, and for the maintenance of exhibition flight proficiency.

You do understand the aircraft is European? In Europe and for that matter much of the world the transition to flight levels starts as low as 3000 feet and nearly always is a flight level above 6000 feet.

Delta will charter you a widebody and fly it wherever you like. A retiring CA recently chartered a A330 for a few days.

Be aware that most sims don’t have real fidelity in a stall or departure scenario. Thats why most sim training is done as a approach to a stall only.

I was always taught to check the brakes for proper feel and pressure before every landing. It’s helped twice when things might have gone bad with no check. It won’t prevent a failure on initial application after touchdown but it will detect a slow leak that has compromised the brake system.

Maybe not a good day to be flying that route.

That requirement was dropped years ago. No passengers on the flight became ill.It was a precautionary divert.

It’s likely that they got their release by phone.

Do you have a King Air type rating?

That once upon a time you mention was prior to FAR117. The crew could not resume the flight until they entered rest at a suitable facility for a period of time. The quicker the crew gets to rest the sooner the fight can resume.

If you go to a airshow simply look at the arresting hooks on the Navy verses Airforce aircraft. The answer on short field arrestments will become clear. It’s also an issue of what type arresting gear as they have different deceleration rates. You don’t want to put a Airforce aircraft into a E28...

I don’t know squat about the F15 hydraulic system. In most hi performance aircraft it is recommended to take a arrestment if available with possible brake issues. Navy aircraft would generally make a short field arrestment if available Other aircraft would make a normal landing with the long...

In a tactical jet speed is generally not your friend when looking at runway required to get airborne. If your fast you eat up all the runway waiting for the engine or engines to spool and then burners to light. You can often get airborne in a light weight situation in a shorter distance from a...

There are many reasons they might not deploy even if armed. Looking at the main gear touchdowns (multiple) and possible power settings they might not have meet deployment criteria. It’s also worth noting that for at least the first 15 years of 767 flying it was not required to even arm them. In...

Boy you are listening to a different video than I am. They took off from 12L. There departure instructions were to fly a 105 heading. That’s a 15 degree left turn. They initially turn right which tower notices and corrects them to a left turn. That is about the only thing they comply with...

When they had the tough little A-4’s it was not unusual to swap a bit of paint.