Jerry Ang

spannar only??

Yahoo! Briefing near my place!!!!! :yahoo:

Alright, i got the details! Thx. Btw, i need to know where Aman Suria is. Can someone please PM me, or show me the google earth coordinates? If can, the exact lat & long coordinate for the briefing spot.

Don't under estimate the power of the Wallaper!

Ok, i'll be available on 23rd. Briefing pun ok! available. Where is the briefing? Not at SZB itself ka?

Nik, my name takrra ka?? I think for the 1st time, i prefer high wing so that i can directly see whats below me! Lagipun, high wing is more laterally stable right? Anyway, its a great idea to have it in conjunction with the 3rd MW anni.

Capt Nik, me me me!!!!! Whoah!!! Best nya!! Dream come true! Let us know when yeah!!!!!!!! :yahoo: excited-nya!!!

Mountain searched after Angolan plane crash Sun 20 Jan 2008, 11:03 GMT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Authorities on Sunday searched a mountain in southern Angola where a chartered light aircraft crashed, killing all 12 people aboard, Angop news agency reported. Investigators were at the site outside Huambo, some 450 km (280 miles) southeast of the capital Luanda, a day after a twin-propeller plane plunged into the Mbave mountain. Helder Presa, Angola's deputy minister for transport, was expected to receive a briefing there, Angop said. An Angolan aviation official has said that bad weather may have been a factor in the accident, which occurred as the Beechcraft King Air B200 was nearing the airport in Huambo early Saturday morning. It was coming from the capital, Luanda. Angop said that among the dead was businessman Valentim Amoes, but gave no further details about him. Portugal's Lusa news agency said on Saturday that two of the other victims were Portuguese nationals. The plane belonged to a company that operates chartered flights in oil-rich Angola, a former Portuguese colony that is struggling to upgrade airports, roads, bridges and other infrastructure devastated during a 27-year civil war. An economic boom, fuelled by oil wealth, has led to growing demand for air travel in the country since the end of the war in 2002, straining the capacity of the state-owned TAAG airline as well as smaller carriers and charter companies. A TAAG Boeing 737 crashed last year in the northern city of M'banza Congo, killing a handful of passengers and injuring dozens of others. That crash led the European Union to put TAAG on its airline blacklist. (Writing by Paul Simao; editing by Myra MacDonald) From : http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL20707890.html

I have to agree with this! People love to speculate... I'm more interested in the cause of the disaster. Mechanical failure?? What was wrong with the landing gear? Someone left his spanner inside the wheel well?? Go on investigators!

Is this the first B777 to crash? I think it is right...

Allow me to add on here... Actually, when aircraft power is off, yes, brakes can operate, but with limitations. Initially, the hyd pump must operate to produce some pressure which will be stored in the accumulator. Once power is off, the accumulator still holds pressurized hyd fluid, 3000 psi for instance. I think the A380 is using 5000 psi (correct me if i'm wrong). Like on a 737, when accumulator is pressurized and power shut down, one can only apply brakes for 5 or 6 times (dont remember 5 or 6, but its something like that) before the accumulator unpressurizes. Once unpressurized, brakes are not working and the only way to pressurize the accumulator again is by powering up the hyd pump again. Anyway, what an incident. Thank God no one was injured.

SZB cannot meh? Rwy length ok maa...

Now thats a MASSIVE area needed!!!! One thing...building such a massive airport, is it worth the current air traffic density? Tax payers money laaaa MAB!!!

...what if the golf ball accidently hit the plane prior for landing... *pong!*

Very uncommon thing! I also never come across such incidents. Every generator supply has their own independent supply line, if one fails, it wont affect the other. Also, a 744 has two seperate main power distribution, left & right. If one fail, it shouldn't have affect the other... Unless of coz.,..both fail, extremely rare tho... Wait...are the engines running? It says here the cabin was eerie silent. Sounds as is the engines has stopped either. And APU broke down as well??!! Dont tell me another volcanic activity which choke up the engines! Hmmm....that would be an interesting troubleshooting to do...!

Still the same. No difference... I hope u understand the term "Malaysian Planning!" Figure that one out... LOL!!!

wow...any special procedure to fly in this condition?

ya... ATM for Abdul Taib Mahmud

Manual landing more challenging mah...got 'kick'!

hmmm...i wonder why... does not make a good sense to me...

I think thats the criteria to be a politician in todays world! biasalah...

Is it just me, or is that the Wright brothers flyer??? The yellow machine, at the right of the pic...

I always wonder, are the speed breaks on the vertical stab with tire breaks alone sufficient enough to stop the landing shuttle? Does space shuttle have some sorts of reverse thrusts or spoilers on the wings like those on airplanes?

I'm just wondering how will MAS survive this...hmmm...