Pilot Mike’s Weblog

A blog about my aviation and other life experiences in the midwest.

Entries Tagged ‘Airlines’

Boeing 777 accident; FADEC friend or foe?

Jan.20, 2008 in Aviation, airplanes 2 Comments

Last Thursday, a Boeing 777 crashed while on final approach at London’s Heathrow Airport. The initial report from the UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), indicates the plane did not respond after the pilots pushed the throttles forward for more power. The aircraft landed about 1000 feet short of Runway 27L. 152 people were on [...]

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Commercial flying mistakes to motivate

Mar.01, 2007 in Aviation Leave a Comment

This week I flew commercial to San Jose for a trip to Cisco Headquarters for business and I had the opportunity to listen in to the flight deck on my flights out. Some airlines patch the ATC radio traffic into one of the audio channels at the seats which I think is awesome except for [...]

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Welcome to pilotmikekc.com! I am a Network Engineer who is also a Private, Instrument Rated, pilot living in the Kansas City metro with my family and two Siberian Husky dogs. In my spare time I fly.