My camera performed horribly yesterday. These are the only pictures that semi came out. I wish we could have taken pictures of the Boeing plant. (No Cameras allowed!)
-Heres our instructor telling us about the MD11 door and how to operate the beast.
-Another pic the MD11 door Demo
-The MD80 Mockup to train cabin procedures and proper exit methods and smoke in the cockpit. The guy loaded us up in it and then filled it with smoke, it was quite an experience.
-Here the first run in the MD11 Sim, our instructor was this german guy. He was helpful and guided us all to how to fly the thing. Surprisely the MD11 was pretty easy to fly.
-I was messing around with the exposure settings of my camera and got this shot. Heres Doug and CaptainChris. Doug is showing us all how it's done in the MD11. I was impressed with how real the Sim is. It really feels like we were moving. One thing this picture doesn't show is the rest of us standing in the back of the Sim being thrown around. Goodtimes.
-Heres me trying to figure out the seatbelt on the MD11. We all got to do a takeoff and landing at KSFO. The Cockpit was amazing.
-Another pic of the sim
-Heres a pic of the outside of the MD11 sim. This is one of the many sims Alteon has. I got my camera taken away since it wasn't allowed at Boeing, I couldn’t take any picture of the other sims alteon has. We got to sit in a 737NG, MD80, and a 737-200 sim. All were really cool, and it was a treat to have Doug with us to explain everything and share all his memories with us!
After the Sim ride we headed over to the Longbeach Boeing plant. We were privileged to get to board a brand spanking new B717. A test pilot for Boeing led the tour. The thing just rolled off the assembly line had zero flight time, and even had the new airplane smell. It was a Midwest Airlines 717, the cabin was incredible and the cockpit was really neat. All Glass upfront.
We then piled into a mini van and went to the assembly line of the B717. The old MD building was huge. I was very impressed with how Boeing does it. We got to walk into two planes being built for AirTran and see some really cool things. The Tour was led by some Boeing Exec and he did a fabulous job of showing us around.
I want to Thank Mike(MPenguin1) and Ed for setting this up. They went above and beyond, and really showed us a goodtime. Also I would like to thank Doug and Kristie, Without Jetcareers, none of this would have happened.
It was also nice meeting everyone. I'm bummed I missed out on last nights activities.