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Post by Evodesire on Jan 26, 2011 7:20:27 GMT 8
^^^Was the flight full? Seems like the pilot decided to go on full power.
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Post by oneytorres on Jan 27, 2011 1:21:24 GMT 8
^^ kinda...I think it was 95% full....
I have another vid B77ER CRK-MNL (july 3 2010) 09:44, at 11:01 ni reduce na yung speed
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Post by catuira on Jan 28, 2011 12:59:02 GMT 8
I saw a TG 777-300ER scale model that have a R.R. engine.. is this possible in real life??
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Post by Evodesire on Jan 28, 2011 14:09:22 GMT 8
It is possible but the GE90-115B was designed specifically for the 777-300ER. So all systems are built for the GE over the RR.
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Post by catuira on Feb 1, 2011 17:52:02 GMT 8
thanks for the reply Sir Evo
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Post by romanticguy08 on Feb 11, 2011 10:32:48 GMT 8
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Post by Evodesire on Feb 13, 2011 23:41:05 GMT 8
^^^I just love the bended fan blades. These fan blades can even withstand birdstrikes without material loss or deformation.
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Post by romanticguy08 on Apr 19, 2011 19:06:33 GMT 8
Bird strike on a 77W? Birds strike instead of PAL employees SPY BITS By Babe Romualdez (The Philippine Star) Updated April 19, 2011 12:00 AM Comments (2) Last Friday, PAL’s brand new Boeing 777 got struck by a bird shortly before landing at the Vancouver International Airport. Fortunately, no one got hurt, but chaos and havoc naturally reigned when the plane’s return flight PR 117 to Manila had to be cancelled. The incident inevitably made PAL’s flight PR 107 from Las Vegas via Vancouver to become overbooked for its return flight to Manila. As of this writing, PAL’s Boeing 777 is still on the ground waiting for an engine howling part to be replaced. Unbelievably, the said part could not be secured immediately despite the fact that Boeing’s Everett factory in Washington state is just a hop away across the border from Vancouver. While PAL has been able to avert strike threats from employees after talks brokered by the Department of Labor and Employment repeatedly failed, it seems the flag carrier can’t do much about bird strikes. The fowl that hit the plane was most likely a Canadian goose, but the real albatross that hangs on the head of PAL is the fact that their brand new Boeing 777 jets are still barred from entering the United States because for some unknown reason, the Philippines’ category 2 rating from the Federal Aviation Authority has not been lifted despite the fact that the issues involved have nothing to do with PAL’s excellent safety and maintenance record – which certainly is better than most US airlines. In any case, climate change and early bird migration is probably the reason why there seems to be a growing incidence of bird strikes reported in the western hemisphere. Also recently, a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong bound for San Francisco had to be diverted to Vancouver because the plane hit a flock of birds. There has been some conjecture about the design of Boeing’s engines due to several bird strike incidents showing the birds being sucked in and getting rotated in the engine fan blades, thereby causing what is called a cascading failure. According to experts, this type of bird strike, which is also called “avian ingestion” for obvious reasons, mostly happens during takeoff when the plane is on a low altitude and the engine is turning at a very rapid rate. These bird strikes have caused a lot of damage to the whole airline industry estimated at $1.2 billion yearly. This is also probably the worst time of the year for airlines because a lot of bird migration occurs due to seasonal changes with spring now heralding a much warmer weather. It can be recalled that in 2009, a domestic US Airways flight 1549 (from La Guardia airport in New York and headed for North Carolina) suffered total engine failure six minutes after takeoff when a flock of Canadian geese hit the engines. The pilot, Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, successfully ditched his aircraft over the Hudson River with no casualties whatsoever – an unprecedented feat that turned him into a hero. The incident has since been called the “Miracle on the Hudson,” and consequently described as “the most successful ditching in aviation history.” Captain Sully has since retired from US Airways a year after the incident but continues to be an active airline safety advocate. The incident also triggered calls for the Federal Aviation Authority to similarly ditch its proposal that would prevent access to a critical database on the number of bird strikes that have been happening. The public outcry to release such records compelled US president Barack Obama to release a memo which partly read, “The government should not keep information confidential merely because public officials might be embarrassed by disclosure, because errors and failures might be revealed, or because of speculative or abstract fears.”
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Post by Evodesire on Apr 20, 2011 9:47:18 GMT 8
The GE90-115B is supposed to be bird-strike proof! Or perhaps, PAL was just taking safety measures regardless if there would be damage or not.
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