Lanzarote 737 overran as first officer struggled to cope

Spanish investigators have found that an overbearing captain helped create the circumstances for an unstable approach, which led an Air Europa Boeing 737-800 to overrun at Lanzarote. The aircraft overflew the Runway 21 threshold at 55m (180ft) at 175kt (324km/h), with the flaps deployed at just 25° owing to automated flap-loading limitations. It travelled halfway along the runway - which was wet - before touching down some 1,300m beyond the threshold. While the brakes were applied immediately,… (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

Chinese animated fighter jet comedy / propaganda

Cute chinese animation with some brilliant airplane caricatures. Enjoy. (www.youtube.com) 기타...

68th anniversary of the the first flight of the Avro Lancaster bomber!

Laid off engineer forms own business, has baby on anniversary of first flight of the Avro Lancaster bomber, then blogs about it. (sharpeeyeengineering.blogspot.com) 기타...

FARNBOROUGH: Yak-130's engine intakes cause confusion

The new Yak-130, like other russian jets such as the Mig-29, come equipped with an intake blanking system to prevent FOD ingestion. Apparently, due to some confusion about this feature, the Yak-130s were initially not allowed to take-off for their display at Farnborough because their intake doors were closed. (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

High Definition 737 footage

Nice musical montage of some high def 737 footage (www.youtube.com) 기타...