For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake.
The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and hitches of our life more nearly; to come down off this feather-bed of civilization, and find the globe, granite underfoot and strewn with cutting flints.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Sunday, October 24, 2004
Monday, October 18, 2004
OK for a Cessna 150 Tight for a 747
If you've ever landed on a narrow runway, say 50 feet across, you might be able to empathize with these pilots. The plane was being delivered to a museum at the Rand Airport in South Africa. (elevation 5568 feet with 4898 long x 50 feet wide runway!)
The 747-200 outer-to-outer main gear tire width is 41.33 ft. Empty aircraft Vref (landing speed) was 115 kts!"
The 747-200 outer-to-outer main gear tire width is 41.33 ft. Empty aircraft Vref (landing speed) was 115 kts!"
Sunday, October 17, 2004
Around the World in 90 Hours
Some of the boys were out at Mojave, CA last week after NBAA to catch Steve Fossett try out his new GlobalFlyer on Saturday October 16th.
To set a world record for the first solo, non-stop, non-refuelled circumnavigation of the world he will have to follow a strict set of rules laid down by the governing body of aviation record attempts, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.
The route will begin from Mojave and will then follow the jet stream winds across the Atlantic to the UK. From there he will head south-east across the Mediterranean and the Gulf before turning east towards Pakistan, India, China and Japan. The final leg of the journey will take the plane out over the Pacific towards Hawaii before crossing the west coast of the US and returning to its launch site.
In the course of the journey Steve should fly over or near the following major cities: Montreal, London, Paris, Rome, Cairo, Bahrain, Karachi, Calcutta, Shanghai, Tokyo, Honolulu and Los Angeles.
And we thought that a three week trip was too short!
To set a world record for the first solo, non-stop, non-refuelled circumnavigation of the world he will have to follow a strict set of rules laid down by the governing body of aviation record attempts, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.
The route will begin from Mojave and will then follow the jet stream winds across the Atlantic to the UK. From there he will head south-east across the Mediterranean and the Gulf before turning east towards Pakistan, India, China and Japan. The final leg of the journey will take the plane out over the Pacific towards Hawaii before crossing the west coast of the US and returning to its launch site.
In the course of the journey Steve should fly over or near the following major cities: Montreal, London, Paris, Rome, Cairo, Bahrain, Karachi, Calcutta, Shanghai, Tokyo, Honolulu and Los Angeles.
And we thought that a three week trip was too short!
Thursday, October 14, 2004
All thats left of American Airlines "Flagship Georgia"
707 found in the Nevada desert.
On our way to the NBAA static display at Henderson, NV Jeff and I came across the remains of this old 707.
Delivered to American Airlines on March 12th 1960 it was registered N7536A and called the Flagshhip Georgia. It was converted into a 720 series for domestic use in 1961. In 1971 it was sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers and registered N1R. It was bought by Great American Airways in 1983 and finally sold to the USAF as spares for the KC-135 programme.
The aircraft was broken up at Davis Monthan AFB near Tuscon, AZ. These remains came a long way to Las Vegas for some unknown reason
On our way to the NBAA static display at Henderson, NV Jeff and I came across the remains of this old 707.
Delivered to American Airlines on March 12th 1960 it was registered N7536A and called the Flagshhip Georgia. It was converted into a 720 series for domestic use in 1961. In 1971 it was sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers and registered N1R. It was bought by Great American Airways in 1983 and finally sold to the USAF as spares for the KC-135 programme.
The aircraft was broken up at Davis Monthan AFB near Tuscon, AZ. These remains came a long way to Las Vegas for some unknown reason
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