Cars & Transportation: Aircraft: “Question: What thomson aircraft will TOM 024 be?” plus 5 more |
- Question: What thomson aircraft will TOM 024 be?
- Question: Do commercial pilots go through vestibular test and pressure test like military pilots ?
- Question: Can passenger planes carry cars in the baggage deck?
- Question: 4 turboprop engines vs 2 jet engines. which one is more fuel efficient?
- Question: When will the airports start using disc shaped aircraft and stop living in ancient times?
- Question: What are the possible reasons a plane would do this?
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| Question: Do commercial pilots go through vestibular test and pressure test like military pilots ? Posted: 20 Nov 2016 12:33 PM PST Never had vestibular testing. Balance was checked at each medical. Hyperbaric Chamber testing and training was not compulsory, but highly recommended, we did it in association with the Air Force. Not exactly fun, but an interesting experience, Until you have done it, you have no idea how many places air can escape from your body! Having your eyelids farting is an experience no one should miss! |
| Question: Can passenger planes carry cars in the baggage deck? Posted: 20 Nov 2016 11:03 AM PST Yes, they can, but due to the issues around carrying petrol and batteries, and the potential for concealing bombs inside cars, there are no regular flying car ferries any more. Cars only rarely get carried as cargo on passenger flights after special preparation. In the late 1950's and early 1960's the British airline Silver City Airlines operated a scheduled car-carrying service between Lydd in England and Le Touquet in France, using Bristol Superfreighters equipped to carry both cars and their drivers and passengers. In those days there was less concern over petrol, etc, on board the cars. |
| Question: 4 turboprop engines vs 2 jet engines. which one is more fuel efficient? Posted: 20 Nov 2016 05:36 AM PST It depends what you are carrying and where. If you wanted to carry a Scorpion Armoured Car from Conningsby to Basra, then a Hercules would do the job, a B737 would not. You have to consider things like access, floor loading destination facilities and a host of other things. Assuming you were carrying pallets of baked beans, then either would do the job, but it would depend on how far you were going to carry it. From London to Cherbourg you would probably be more efficient with turbo props, from London to Cairo, you would be better off with a jet, which has time to climb and cruise at its most efficient altitude |
| Question: When will the airports start using disc shaped aircraft and stop living in ancient times? Posted: 20 Nov 2016 01:17 AM PST The concept was tried, with some success, by Vought Aviation around the end of WW2 in the Vought V173. The design had some good aeronautical capabilities, so the idea is not as ''trolling'' as it might seem, however it depended very much on its propellors for maneuverability and there were issues with the very complex mechanicals needed to ensure that the props remained in synch , regardless of what the engines were doing. Jet aircraft proved to be more efficient and the idea was dropped. It has probably been looked at by designers since, but nobody has found a reason to resurrect the concept. But not as silly a question as it first seems! |
| Question: What are the possible reasons a plane would do this? Posted: 19 Nov 2016 11:14 PM PST Maybe about 15-20 minutes after take-off, the plane goes into a loop or two while still climbing and continues on with the journey: Example 1: Example 2: These happened around the same time. Other Europe-bound or west-bound jets headed out straight away without any loops. |
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