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Discussion in 'General Topics' started by greg1016, Aug 1, 2012.

  1. greg1016 Well-Known Member

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  2. Bernoulli Fan Controller

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    "Seconds from disaster."
  3. deadpixel Well-Known Member

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    Shouldn't TCAS have gone off? I saw there is no mention of it in the article
  4. GX Merlin Magic

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    Alright.... Who was asleep this time?
  5. jtrain609 Well-Known Member

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    They may not have been close enough for it to give them an RA, or they could have been low enough that they wouldn't have gotten one. There's a floor under which TCAS won't give you an RA because it figure hitting the ground usually has a worse outcome than coming close to hitting another aircraft.
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  6. Autothrust Blue Conveying multiple attitudes

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    You get "DESCEND, DESCEND" and then "TOO LOW, TERRAIN"...which one do you pay attention to? Oh right. Big sky theory. :D
  7. GX Merlin Magic

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    I thought you hit the brakes, and they fly right by. No?
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  8. Autothrust Blue Conveying multiple attitudes

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    I believe we discussed this at our last simulator briefing.

    [IMG]
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  9. GX Merlin Magic

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    Just noticed this ^ NICE FRICKING COLLARED SHIRT UNDER THE FLIGHT SUIT. Top Gun was ruined for me A LONG TIME ago, but THAT. W..T..F..
  10. Autothrust Blue Conveying multiple attitudes

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    Is this not considered acceptable?

    (I've never worn, nor do I have aspirations to wear, a flight suit.)
  11. GX Merlin Magic

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    No. It may have been different, back in the 80's, I don't know....
  12. braunpilot What day is it?

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    From what someone told me at one time that was the squadron shirt, so therefor they can wear it under the flightsuit but I'm sure one of our respectable military aviators will be able to clarify better than I will.
  13. Autothrust Blue Conveying multiple attitudes

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    The audio is interesting but not particularly elucidating.
  14. GX Merlin Magic

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    What's w the really poor transmission quality? Is that from the frequency congestion of the east coast? Standard?
  15. wheelsup Well-Known Member

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    Pilots make way more errors than controllers do from what I can tell, while this is a little unnerving it's not like it happens all the time. The mistakes of ATC are extremely rare compared to the aircraft they control IMO.
  16. TFaudree_ERAU Mashin' dem buttons

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    I'm assuming it's a LiveATC feed? If so, it's the location of the feed receiver relative to the transmitter.
  17. GX Merlin Magic

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    Makes sense. Good to know that's all it is.
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    Even with the RA function inhibited, they still should have had the TA portion of the system working.
  19. jtrain609 Well-Known Member

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    Correct, but that still doesn't mean they got close enough to get a TA.
  20. greg1016 Well-Known Member

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    ahh the audio wasn't up when I originally posted the article, but I had listened to this on liveATC, I was expecting to hear AWE not RPA callsigns, since the article said it was all US Airways aircraft involved. Obviously the active switch did not go as smoothly as it should, but I didn't hear any kind of duress in the controllers voice. Probably not as close as the written article made it sound.

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