That's BS also. Most take offs were with reduced thrust. ALL twin jets go like rockets on two engines to be able to fly on ONE. I flew the first batch of the A-300 B4 in Australia Twin aisle 264 tonnes
You don't need a long runway flying RAAus types. That's one factor making them acceptably safe. The landing place doesn't have to be straight either. Nev
Watch for wires, poles trees, cattle grids, vehicles and sensational headlines when landing on a road. Nice to be near one when landing other places. Nev
Keeping near the Runway centre is Often a challenge. Trees and shrubs and posts can bother the wings. With a road there's no other runway available. IF the Crosswinds limiting you need to have an alternate. Nev
The extended time is from many sources and is related to high temperature damage to the recorders. TATA took over ownership of Air India which was not doing well financially. This latest thing if found to be a preventable error won't help. TATA is a big show. Nev
The actual operators were certainly not fully aware of the nature of Hypoxia. Before you operate a pressurised Aircraft you used to have to do a stint in a reduced pressure hypobaric chamber as Part of the COURSE. It's insidious and you don't realise how muddled your actions become. Your Writing is illegible your Nails go blue. You are certainly not capable of operating a Plane or rational behaviour. The one we used was at Pt Cook. Nev
That motor properly used is not any more or less efficient than any other . It also has good CS props available. It's a known oil burner though. It's nearly 1/2 of a DC3's engine. R-1830. and it's moving along fast enough to justify it..Nev
These systems have lots of redundancy Unless you are very familiar with the ACTUAL system, you would have NO clue. They reckon this one may take 3 weeks. That's for the experts. nev
Good ones have rubber boots to keep the grease where it should be. The whole calliper should float freely or it will drag and wear one pad more than the other. A loose wheel bearing will knock the Pads back and the pedal travel will be excessive on each initial application on the affected brake. Nev
They use fire Pots in Alaska. Some larger engines used Oil diluters. Inject AVGAS into the Oil at shutdown to keep it flowable at start. Sleeve Valve engines are Particularly an issue at very cold temps .The articulating rods break . Nev