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David Morton · Jan 30, 2010

Some of you may remember one of our early contributers called Andre Loubser who lives in Cape Town. He has been a long time friend of Hugh (Huge) Dibley
who I had the priviledge of being crewed with in BA in the early 90s. Huge now works for Airbus Industries but Andre's Email is self explanatory. Another wondrous day Airbus Industries in Toulose. You could not write this .......

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David Morton · Jan 30, 2010

Now - as most of you know I am useless at posting pictures so the above post is in
in Black and White. If you are adept at doing it and really feel like doing it feel free. Send me your email and I'll forward Andre's email to you.
Dave

marcus · Jan 30, 2010

I wonder who is more stupid, the crew or the aircraft.
If the computer of the latter would also have referenced against KIAS as one would reasonably expect, this could never have happened...

jac mac · Jan 30, 2010

Black and Blue to me, or can I add colour blindness to my growing list of vision issues!

David Morton · Jan 30, 2010

OK Jac - it was a figure of speech. No - you aren't going blind yet - you need to practise a bit more !!! :lipsrsealed::laugh:

mikegaan · Jan 30, 2010

Hi, Dave et al. This story appeared some time ago. A more accurate description of the event, with pictures, can be found at the following web site. ( I don't know how to copy an address and make it a link?)...oops. The link works. How 'bout dat!

snopes.com: The Tale of the Arab Flight Crew

They did a pretty good job on the airplane. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

David Morton · Jan 31, 2010

Hi Mike,
It's frightening really. All of these 'electric' jets have hidden mysteries and it's not until you are up to your arse in alligators that they sometimes reveal themselves and try to write a script for the next snuff movie -with you as the central character.
Did you see the report about the BA747 out of JNB when the LEDs retracted after V1?
Two brilliant aviators to have got away with it. I am in awe of people like that.

mikegaan · Jan 31, 2010

Good Lord. I hadn’t seen that about the BA747. I Googled it. What an eye watering experience that must have been. Wonder if they kept it in the air in ground effect? Is JNB relatively flat? That had to be one of my biggest fears in flying, a thrust reverser deploying. I remember a DC-8 up in Iceland or thereabouts that crashed, killing over 200 servicemen, if I recall.
The article I read said the first reverser warning came on below V1. Wonder why they didn’t abort? That was one of my ‘automatic’ go-no go items prior to V1, i.e. engine fire/fail or a thrust reverser.
That false warning kind of crap, in a few/certain critical systems, just shouldn’t bloody happen! Build in as many fail-safe systems/computer-glitch protections that it takes.

David Morton · Jan 31, 2010

Yes indeed . Just think - levelling off at 40ft at night with the stick shaker. That would make the flight deck about 65ft AGL and any bank more than 10 degrees would be in the trees.

Pete · Jan 31, 2010

Stop it you guys, you are scaring me, I may never fly again.

slowhand · Feb 1, 2010

+1 Pete.
Garry

Jim Craik · Feb 1, 2010

Alright you guys,

I am very interested in this stuff but a little short on lingo.

I have a vague idea what V1 is but LED JBN?

My dad was a Pan Am guy back in the M130-B314 days but I do not recall him using these terms.

David Morton · Feb 1, 2010

LED: Leading Edge Device - sometimes also called Slats or droops
JNB: Jan Smutts Airport in Johannesburg.
V1: is the Criticical Engine recognition speed or basically a Comit speed - ie if you attempt to stop after V1 there will not be enough runway/ prepared surface remaining to stop safely.

David Morton · Feb 1, 2010

V speeds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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