Planes

[Baneblade]

Originally Posted by Triggar

WHo's gonna land it?

Kurt Russell

[ObnoxiousFrog]

Hey! Is that a Ninja Up There?

[Navaron]

Originally Posted by Triggar

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- When you're on final approach, about 100 feet off the ground, your flaps are down, your power's out, you can see the runway getting bigger and bigger in front of you, everything is quiet, all you can hear is the sound of your breath, then you're 20 feet off the ground, then 10, then it's time to flare, and the sound of the gear crunching into the compartment and the whup whup whup the prop makes as it contacts the runway and you can just hear the engine ripping loose of it's mounts over the sounds of the wings wrenching off as you tumble down the runway and you think and ohhh you touched down

I have a little adrenaline rush just thinking about it!

EXACTLY MY FEELINGS!!!!

[Triggar]

Haha, I'll include you in my prayers tonight (as well as the people on the ground, when you fly)

[ControlledBurn]

Originally Posted by Triggar

WHo's gonna land it?

The autopilot/autoland. Most commercial aircraft these days only require the pilots be in control of the aircraft until reaching 200' AGL.

Originally Posted by Triggar

When you're on final approach, about 100 feet off the ground, your flaps are down, your power's out, you can see the runway getting bigger and bigger in front of you, everything is quiet, all you can hear is the sound of your breath, then you're 20 feet off the ground, then 10, then it's time to flare, and ohhh you touched down

I have a little adrenaline rush just thinking about it!

What about getting to 50ft AGL, flaring too soon, yelling "Oh my god" over the intercom, letting go of the yoke and letting the A/C stall and fall to the ground.

Remember kids, fly the aircraft, don't let it fly you.

[Hamma]

Originally Posted by Zodiac

I like flying but I HATE airports.

Why?

[Baneblade]

Probably the same reason you can love driving but hate parking lots.

[Hamma]

True.. true.

[AztecWarrior]

I airports, with the exception of MIA.

Miami International Airport= MIA
Missing In Action= MIA
MIA=MIA

Thus, Miami International sucks. It really does...

-Security checkpoint personnel certified 5th grade graduates
-"Arrivals" area easily 100F in the summer
-"Arrivals" area has next to no parking, then promises more ahead, only for that parking to never appear
-Even experienced travelers get lost
-Always under construction, never finished

[ControlledBurn]

Originally Posted by AztecWarrior

I airports, with the exception of MIA.

Miami International Airport= MIA
Missing In Action= MIA
MIA=MIA

Thus, Miami International sucks. It really does...

-Security checkpoint personnel certified 5th grade graduates
-"Arrivals" area easily 100F in the summer
-"Arrivals" area has next to no parking, then promises more ahead, only for that parking to never appear
-Even experienced travelers get lost
-Always under construction, never finished

Lots of major international aiports are like that. LAX, JFK and BOS are easily as bad if not worse than MIA in all those respects.

[JetRaiden]

Originally Posted by ControlledBurn

Lots of major international aiports are like that. LAX, JFK and BOS are easily as bad if not worse than MIA in all those respects.

no way, Ive been to MIA, its really, really bad there. JFK is pretty good these days, although last time I was there it was like 2 AM, so there was no one in the terminal.

[ControlledBurn]

Originally Posted by JetRaiden

no way, Ive been to MIA, its really, really bad there. JFK is pretty good these days, although last time I was there it was like 2 AM, so there was no one in the terminal.

I've been through MIA too (And the rest of those airports, and many more) chief, or else I'd not have commented on it.

-Security checkpoint personnel certified 5th grade graduates

Sadly this happens because these positions are entry level and require little intelligence and minimal training, and as such pay not much more. When you need so many people you tend to get a lot of not so smart ones in the mix. It's the same thing as going to fast food joints

-"Arrivals" area easily 100F in the summer

It's hot in the summer and there's a massive amount of people in a small area, only so much air conditioning can do, all major airports are like this

-"Arrivals" area has next to no parking, then promises more ahead, only for that parking to never appear

The airport is in a major city, and therefore there isn't much room for expansion. Combine this with the massive amount of people travelling through that airport on any given day and this is bound to happen.

-Even experienced travelers get lost

They're pretty big airports, and again have a lot of people travelling through them, sadly it too is bound to happen even to experienced travellers who aren't situationally aware all the time.

-Always under construction, never finished

Because the airport is surely always trying to expand if they can get the land to use, or remodel and make better use of what little space they have. Show me an airport without construction, and I'll show you an empty terminal.


SAN is easily the best big airport I've been through. It's not in the same league as those I listed before, but it's a very large airport with quite a bit of traffic, but I never feel rushed there. Their security lines are always thorough, but quick. Granted waving my military ID tends to get me some special treatment from the handlers there, but being next to MCRD San Diego tends to do that.

[Navaron]

MIA is exceptionally fucked up, but the remodelling process is going well and that airport is one of the few majors with potential for growth. I may work at MIA because of that fact.

[Baneblade]

Ironically McCarran (not sure it's designation) International here was rated #2 in the world behind Hong Kong.

[Hamma]

Apparently ControlledBurn is the all knowing source of airport information, nobody can compare with his wealth of useless Airport Knowledge.

:P