Recent content by john_pifer

I read that there could have been a landing gear problem? Could have caused them to veer off the runway?

There's a similar culture in aviation maintenance, at least with most of the larger operations. Not directly comparable, obviously, but if you cause damage inadvertently and there was no deliberate disregard for the tech data, SOP's, or blatant negligence, and you own up to it and don't try to...

Very sad to witness. Prayers going up to their families and loved ones.

Boeing released a service bulletin after this happened once or twice before, and FAA issued an AD giving 36 mos to comply. The SB involves plugging the hole that the gear safety pin can wrongly get inserted into. Glad nobody got hurt or killed in this one. Super scary to think of the...

A chemical paint stripper is used. Polished aluminum looks great but is more maintenance-intensive than a painted (or even matte aluminum) surface. If it’s not kept polished, it doesn’t look good. And that’s a large surface area to polish. Theres also the fact that paint provides a degree of...

I’m not a pilot, nor a subject matter expert in flying. But if that’s what happened, should they not have been a bit higher to compensate for the possibility of that situation?

That was my first thought as well. Dude’s gonna sue. And if he wasn’t already thinking about doing that, I figure there are plenty of ambulance-chasing lawyers in Newark who will be knocking on his door.

Just turned over 10,000 miles on the Tour54’s and rotated them for the 2nd time. No complaints at all. Noticed that traction was just fine when driving in the cold & wet over the winter and a little bit of snow. Suggest watching some of Tire Rack’s review videos. They have a few very...

https://cargofacts.com/allposts/freighter-aircraft/fedex-will-resume-md-11-operations-in-may/

Now AA comes out and says it’s not happening.

Lots of dishonesty at high levels at Air India, IMHO. I think most here know what I’m referring to.

Did the first transmission fluid spill ‘n fill yesterday at 49,500 mi. No leaks.

All good so far. We’ve been impressed with the wet grip - even in cold temperatures not far above freezing. We live in a semi-rural area of the county, with an abundance of winding roads, which I take great joy in hustling the Odyssey through. The van is exceptionally sporty for this class...

Heck, most of the time when you ask AI about oil, it pulls from this site.