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  • German ATC #1

    Allegedly the German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempe...stened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways...kfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway.”Ground:...

  • Clearance

    Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich, overheard the following conversation: Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?" Ground (...

  • Wing Fold back problems

    It is Saturday January 25th. I am a bit depressed and angry as hell. No...against my front tire, inches off the ground. If my wing were folded back...e same place, which is level with the ground, my wing frame members would...orting it up, my wing tips are on the ground u...

  • Radio Antenna and radio performance

    What type of radio antenna works for you?  By work I mean transmit well.  Just because you can hea...es/miracleairwhip.php The main advantage for me is that it does not need a ground p...

  • My terrifying Trike flight story

    Hi everyone, I would like to share a terrifying trike story. This happene...us trouble controlling my wing on the ground (it was and still is way out...t now and slammed the wing tip to the ground (we were the only idiots flyi...pilots saw this horror show from the ground....

  • More funny ATC Radio Transmissions

    Control tower to a 747: “United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o’clock, three miles, Eastboun...transmission:     “I’m f…ing bored!” Ground T...

  • fatal crash into power lines, 7/7/2013, parker dam california

    http://www.havasunews.com/news/coroner-identifies-parker-man-as-victim-in-fatal-aircraft-crash/article_e1129e32-...when he struck power lines, lost control of his aircraft and collided with the ground n...

  • Over and under engineering

    Recent discussion on a tragic accident thread on CSI has taken a tangent on bolt sizes and strength.  This spu...a) hang bolt.  Here are details of the calculation.  First some back ground....