Another Boeing 737 Max-8 crash

Most airplanes have a hard time maintaining altitude when there’s no fuel left. Which is funny, because fuel adds weight to the airplane. Weird.

 

I've always been anti- homebuilt/experimental but I can't stop thinking about buying one of these. I've read every article, watched every video, etc. I'm planning to talk with them at Oshkosh.

 

I couldn’t agree more! Personally, I’m waiting for one very important NTSB report, and it’s from the Atlas 767 IAH (Amazon) crash-I have feeling that will be an eye opener if you are an airline pilot...

 

In what way?

I didn’t know of the crash, until you mentioned it. I just looked it up and watched the video of it crashing. Looks like it went straight into the ground.

 

Which one is that Carbon Cub or ???

Several of those souped up cub knock off kits out there. That one looks fun

 

STOL or GTFO

 

Buddy of mine is finishing up a build on one of these, it's a just aircraft Superstol, should start taxi tests in the next couple weeks. Looking forward to it. There's a 150 Hp wagabond near me for sale for a good price, too bad I don't have the budget. Got to fly a friends RV10 last week, nice plane, he has two that he built. Second one is going up for sale. Nice to cruise at 180.

 

That is a Just Aircraft Superstol. I would love a Carbon Cub but it's out of my fun airplane budget. I keep hoping we will get one as a trade-in someday.

 

Well, Boeing just announced after the market closed today that they are cutting production from 52 to 42/month.

 

That, and earlier this week, USAF announced, for the second time, that they were suspending acceptance of any new KC-46 tankers due to poor clean-up procedures on the production line. FOD, such as left over building materials and sometimes tools, have been found in areas of the jet that would have otherwise been sealed off.

 

I prefer to wait for the full report before I go down the rabbit hole of commenting further. Right now the Ethiopians are doling out information little bits at a time to control the narrative. "They followed the procedure multiple times" but no further data provided. Basically they let it accelerate and trim nose down unchecked until it was difficult to recover.

I will stand by my earlier statement that this aircraft, just like the Lion Air aircraft, was flyable. Period.

 

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/atlas-air-the-boeing-crash-no-one-is-talking-about.html

 

Well that is a certainly a fully supporting, confidence inspiring assessment of the airplane:

Boeing 737 - Max 8: "It's flyable..." Gino; WERA BBS

 

That's all you need to know. Gino said it's safe, get in.

 

You might want to re-think that quote. Flyable does not equal safe. Proper training and experience however could bring a plane with a problem back safely to the ground. I'm pretty sure that one (or both) of those things were lacking with the crews on the doomed flights.

 

I think you missed my sarcasm...

 

Someone has one on the field where I work, it looks pretty cool. I always wanted one of the Slepcev Fieseler Storch kits.

 

Sorry for lives lost’: Boeing admits faulty system part of ‘chain of events’ in 737 MAX crashes



https://www.rt.com/news/455587-boeing-sorry-lives-lost-crashes/

Sent from my smatrfone

 

RT News?....

It could be right but...

I'll wait.

 

Well we know when he'll be back again.