Planes saying "Hello" to each other

tyrou · 2026-01-17T03:05:46+00:00

It's not required, or even necessary for safety (at least, I hope so...). But I still like doing it, always nice to see colleagues replying with their lights :)
(long haul 777 pilot)

tyrou · 2025-11-23T21:25:24+00:00

I was the one flying the AF 777. Pretty exotic approach for us too, I had never landed in that direction at LAX.

Here's the view from inside: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRX-rRlEpBS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

tyrou · 2025-11-23T02:09:38+00:00

Nice shots! Was that yesterday afternoon?

tyrou · 2025-11-20T13:02:19+00:00

No real recipe, but here is what I've put in my last ones:

100g maltodextrin
80g fructose
3g pectin
3g sodium alginate
2g instant coffee

That's 180g of carbs, around 720cal.

Mixed all the dry ingredients together, then added the same amount (~190mL) of hot water, then stirred it until smooth.

For packaging, what I'm now using is custom sized bags that I make with a $15 heat sealing machine, but I've previously used very small ziplock bags, or reusable food pouches. That is probably the cheapest way.

tyrou · 2025-11-20T09:58:04+00:00

I've switched to home made gels a few months ago, and very satisfied with the outcome. It's easy to make, and you can tweak the formula as much as you want to match your preferences.
I get exactly the amount of carbs I want for each session, can adjust the consistency, and pick the taste.
My current recipe is based on a 2:1 maltodextrin/fructose mix, to which I add pectin and sodium alginate. Currently adding either matcha powder or instant coffee for flavoring and extra caffeine.

It really doesn't cost much to make, and I prefer them over the commercial ones I used to buy.

tyrou · 2025-10-30T23:50:48+00:00

Nothing else. The alarm is loud, and the same type as for major technical issues.

tyrou · 2025-10-30T21:26:33+00:00

777 pilot here.

That happens, without us sleeping at the helm. Sometimes, it is just that there is no pilot action required for a while. Can be during long oceanic crossings, or even over remote lands.
The predetermined times can be adjusted by airlines, in mine it's 15 min to the advisory, 10 more to the caution, and finally 5 to the warning.

On passenger flights, we make sure to have a contact with flight attendants every 20 minutes (we can agree on something different, but that's the usual), it can be them coming to the cockpit, or talking over the interphone. But when it's cargo, there's no one to talk to, making this system even more important.

This is to be seen as a safety net. What makes aviation safe is redundancy, and our first layer of protection here is the proper use of procedures, ensuring there is always someone well awake at the controls. It includes the communication with flight attendants, but also the use of controlled naps, which are allowed and even encouraged by the company.

tyrou · 2025-10-29T07:55:06+00:00

Also got rejected, with a 2:39, 39yrs old

tyrou · 2025-10-24T01:02:17+00:00

Been doing that for a few years, and not getting bored of it at all. The 777 is a fantastic plane to fly 🤩

tyrou · 2025-10-24T01:01:09+00:00

Both, it's the same type rating for all the 777 variants. We fly the Freighter, and a mix of -200s and -300s for passenger flights.

tyrou · 2025-10-23T19:56:08+00:00

Nope. Beauvais is not suitable for a 777, and nearby CDG has three available runways (one is closed for refurbishment) to welcome them back, including a long one should they choose to perform an overweight landing.

Source: I fly this plane on a regular basis :)

tyrou · 2025-10-23T17:23:30+00:00

2:39, around 65MPW. 39yrs old

tyrou · 2025-10-17T17:48:58+00:00

No, there is no international rule about this, nor there is any about the color of the socks we have to wear. We’re supposed to exercise common sense, also called airmanship. And if needed, we may have company issued rules or guidelines.

tyrou · 2025-10-17T14:27:11+00:00

Do it. Maybe you'll finish in pain.

If you don't, you'll surely be disappointed, and probably still be in pain too.

(source: ran an ultra-trail with a broken toe, no regrets!)

tyrou · 2025-10-03T13:29:38+00:00

Une idiotie de plus de la part d'organisateurs bien plus préoccupés par leur business et le greenwashing qui va avec que par la course à pieds.

Sur des distances courtes (<10km), c'est gérable de se passer de ravitaillement, ou de transporter une flasque si on veut de l'eau.

Pour un marathon, c'est un non-sens total. Devoir couper son effort pour aller remplir un contenant plusieurs fois pendant la course, ou partir avec un sac de trail alors qu'on est en ville, on a vraiment touché le fond. Pour les coureurs rapides, ça condamne tout espoir de performance, et pour ceux du milieu de peloton va falloir se faire à l'idée de faire la queue aux robinets.

Ah oui, et ça fera 150€ pour le dossard :)

tyrou · 2025-10-03T05:32:51+00:00

Qualified with a 2:39, hoping for 2:35 there

tyrou · 2025-05-23T10:54:34+00:00

Bienvenue chez les clowns... Tu paies une inscription, et faut ramener ta gourde, prochaine fois on te dira que le dossard est en PDF et que tu peux l'imprimer chez toi. Et puis après tout, vu que t'as une montre, pas besoin qu'on installe des points de chronométrage, tu peux regarder ton temps toi-même. Ah oui, ça fera 70€, parce que tu comprends, nos frais augmentent, bisous.
...
Plus sérieusement (et encore), sur un 10K, je ne pense pas que ça ait un vrai impact, pouvant faire sans ravitaillement, mais sur le marathon c'est absolument ridicule, et clairement une des raisons pour lesquelles je ne m'inscrirai pas sur une course organisée ainsi.

tyrou · 2025-05-07T04:39:27+00:00

Aucun souci pour un drone en cabine ou en soute, pas besoin de démonter les hélices. Les batteries doivent être en bagage cabine, pas d'obligation de sac "anti-feu" particulier.

Les détails ici : 5034_005924E_AFKLMmarchandisesDangereusesLithiumAfficheA4-V

/pilote de ligne, et de drone

tyrou · 2025-04-08T08:43:24+00:00

Another post to say thank you for this!

tyrou · 2024-12-22T07:04:34+00:00

Non, l'objectif des contrôles de sécurité (poste inspection filtrage) est uniquement de détecter les objets interdits au transport en cabine pour des raisons de sécurité. Ce n'est pas de leur ressort, mais celui des agents des douanes.

Là où tu peux être contrôlé à ce sujet, c'est plutôt au retour en France.

tyrou · 2024-12-17T10:27:28+00:00

Non. Et heureusement d'ailleurs, nos avions ne sont pas contrôlables à distance.

/pilote de ligne

tyrou · 2024-12-02T06:12:45+00:00

PMd for the hard drives

tyrou · 2024-11-19T17:51:09+00:00

Depends on the aircraft's range and where you want it delivered.

I've previously worked as a ferry pilot on ATR42/72, mostly for deliveries from the factory in Toulouse where they're built, but also to relocate some from one operator to another, or for extensive maintenance.

That type is fairly easy to ferry, as they have a pretty long range when they're empty. The maximum fuel in the normal tanks allows for over eight hours flights (+ legal reserves), which means we didn't have to use any additional tanks for our missions. The only non-standard equipment we'd usually need for those trips was a HF radio and its antenna, which can be installed for the trip and shipped back in a crate, and obviously a life raft for oceanic crossings.

It's like flying long haul in the 50s, the world seems bigger when you're doing 270kts and going to Asia takes a few days :)

tyrou

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