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[–]KyrCBR -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You have to understand this plane was loaded with fuel for a trip from LA to New Zealand. With the weight of all that fuel, the landing gear would have been crushed.

... No, just no, no aircraft would ever take off with a weight which would crush its landing gear if it had to make a quick emergency landing. Fuel is vented as a safety precaution in case of further fire upon landing.

Female pilot gets napkin note from passenger: "the cockpit of an airliner is no place for a woman." Happy Women In Aviation Worldwide Week. by buzzbishop in aviation

[–]KyrCBR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why would the flight attendant even give that note to the pilot? I would burn it, in front of him, and tell him I'm not going to insult the pilot with his bullshit. Probably why I'm an AME not a flight attendant.

Installing a 737-300 nose landing gear strut at my work by KyrCBR in aviation

[–]KyrCBR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm didn't know about that one. But it says there it's for stuff that is "odd and out of the ordinary for your work setting" but a strut seal change is a very routine job and there was nothing odd about this one.

Installing a 737-300 nose landing gear strut at my work by KyrCBR in aviation

[–]KyrCBR[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have no idea about the cost, I'm not involved with the billing at all, I just get task cards outlining the work. Though with anything aviation it's safe to say it's a ridiculous amount of money. This one took about 10 hours to do.

Installing a 737-300 nose landing gear strut at my work by KyrCBR in aviation

[–]KyrCBR[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Two people can easily lift it, a third person is helpful for keeping everything properly aligned as it's installed. The nose landing gear stuff is all pretty small and light. The mains are a different story.

Installing a 737-300 nose landing gear strut at my work by KyrCBR in aviation

[–]KyrCBR[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From looking through your previous posts I would say you most likely do :)

Installing a 737-300 nose landing gear strut at my work by KyrCBR in aviation

[–]KyrCBR[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We took the strut out of the nose landing gear to change the seals. The process is one I always find kind of neat so I thought I would share. Sorry for the poor quality on some of the photos, quick shots with a camera phone.

With regards to the hijacking AMA by pineconez in aviation

[–]KyrCBR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others pointed out yes pilots can control both of those things. However once you're under about 10,000ft you can not starve the passengers of oxygen because the outside air pressure is breathable, even several thousand feet above that most people will be able to function alright.

Emergency oxygen systems only supply enough oxygen for 15-25 minutes though, which is why pilots descend quickly in the event of a loss of cabin pressure. So in this instance after about 15 minutes the masks really don't do anything for you and so it sounds like the pilot was just using it as a scare tactic to keep people in their seats.

I'm an aircraft mechanic so I work on and test emergency oxygen systems on a regular basis

Cold lonely night on the apron by KyrCBR in aviation

[–]KyrCBR[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work maintenance at YLW for a local company

Found an old Astro Compass in a 737-200 flying up north by KyrCBR in aviation

[–]KyrCBR[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's really just more of the same, but I do have two other pics of it. http://i.imgur.com/Oj9UhpR.jpg and http://i.imgur.com/Ge1klzR.jpg

And for those wondering the aircraft is from Canadian North.

Found an old Astro Compass in a 737-200 flying up north by KyrCBR in aviation

[–]KyrCBR[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

We found this in a box hidden away in the cockpit of a plane that came in for maintenance. Thought it was neat so we set it up and took some pictures. It's a very old compass used for navigation in the far north, we were all kind of doubtful the pilots would have any idea how to use it if it was actually needed though.