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Message of speedbird9468 - Sent 18 Feb 1:14 |
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It may be a silly question to ask. But, in the day of fantastic flying machines such as the Boeing and Airbus models and several others I can think of. Many times we hear of the gear coming down but the cockpit lights malfunction and some scared passengers. Is there a way a small window could be installed to these aircraft so a crew member could go down and check the situation and see if the gear is locked down or not?
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Message of Werkur737 - Sent 18 Feb 4:23 |
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Go down is not a possibility, but can be installed a camera for a view of gear landing. This is the best situation improved by all manufacturers, like Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, Bombardier, ATR and Fokker.
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Message of captain bill - Sent 18 Feb 8:37 |
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Sometimes the gear is down as seen by the camera and by those on the ground but what the Captain needs to know is if the gear is locked in place otherwise on toutchdown the gear could fold in and the airliner would be on it's belly. That is why when we see the three gear lights turn to green the check is given three greens gear down and locked.
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Message of captaindude - Sent 19 Feb 14:39 |
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Message of speedbird9468 - Sent 19 Feb 16:19 |
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I remember working at BOH a long time ago when Channel express used to operate Heralds. Many a time the gear lights malfunctioned which led to us employees watching outside the hanger to see what was wrong. The aircraft would do several low slow passes so the bods on the ground could see if the gear was down or not. It was but we weren't sure if it was locked. How do the pilots know if its locked or not? Maybe this could save some damage and planes.
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Message of captain bill - Sent 21 Feb 22:28 |
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Channel Express Heralds now these were the days.
BEA and BUIA used to have the same problem with gear lights on the Heralds but these guys were so used to landing in cross winds they could put the old bird down on one main and front pegs and after the skip had control he would drop the suspect side down and 99.9999% of the time all was well.
I was on a UK domestic on one occassion where we had a problem with the wheel bearings on the port main of a F-27. On departure we could feel the wabble and a passenger was able to calmly tell the cabin crew that he saw the wheel wabble. On arrival at destination just like a cross wind landing the Skip put the 27 down on on the starboard peg and held it with the rudder until speed was under control and then dropped it down and we then taxied to the terminal where pax and crew disembarked and maintainance towed the aircraft away for repair.
And so we all lived happily everafter.
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Message of speedbird9468 - Sent 23 Feb 16:30 |
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Yeah Captain Bill Those were the days. I also Remember every Sunday we would charter a BAF viscount to do the morning flight of flowers from Jersey and Guernsey. As the heralds couldn't make all the trips in one day. Those were the days and the noise of the RR Dart.
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Message of thies - Sent 07 Mar 16:39 |
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Let's give those silly designers a rap over the knuckles, ah, the computerterminals. Why bother with those complicated, hydraulicly driven Meccano sets, namely landing gear. Let's reintroduce fixed wheels (aca Twin Otter,DHC-6) or even the Wright Brother's skids. Let's copy the Russian's multiwheel solutions which remind me of steam engines in the air.
Surely, if we get our brain into full gear it will earnestly work.
(And stop calling me Shirley... or Ernst...)
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Message of speedbird9468 - Sent 09 Mar 0:43 |
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