Category Archives: Airbus

Physics for the Coffee Table – Quiz # 6 – No Winners This Week!

15 April, 2013 · by · in Physics For The Coffee Table, Richard de Crespigny, Technical

Question # 6 See also:   Physics for the Coffee Table Situation A major city (population 5 million) is planning to build a new airport at a new location inside the city.  Two sites are proposed: one beside the ocean and one twenty kilometers  inland from the ocean. Consider the noise levels originating from aircraft […]

Clouds

20 December, 2012 · by · in QF32 - The Story, QF32 Book - Back Stories, Technical

Only those who fly fully appreciate the wonders that exist out the front of  the cockpit.  Our passion is fueled by the experiences of seeing and feeling many things, including the extraordinary cloud types that comprise our living atmosphere. My memories of clouds include the theory in the RAAF’s class rooms, tempered and case hardened by experiences in […]

QF32 Back Story – Rolls Royce Trent 900 – Request for Questions

14 December, 2012 · by · in A380, Big Jets Book (planned 2014), QF32 - The Story, Rolls-Royce, Technical

I have been researching Rolls-Royce engines for decades.     I have studied the engine’s “workshop manuals”.   I visited the Rolls-Royce production and engineering facilities in Derby, UK just two weeks before my QF32 event. Yesterday I toured the Sin$700 m Rolls-Royce Seletar Campus in Singapore.   This is the first production facility for […]

QF32 Back Story – Cold Weather Operations and Christmas

11 December, 2012 · by · in A380, QF32 - The Story, QF32 Book - Back Stories, Technical

Everyone has different thoughts over Christmas. I am currently sitting in cold London contemplating winter. The shortest day, or Winter solstice occurs in the Northern Hemisphere on about 21 December.   This is the day of the maximum Earth’s cooling rate, though the actual Earth’s temperature lags the “lapse rate” by about one month – […]

Back Story – QF32 page 261

16 November, 2012 · by · in QF32 - The Story, QF32 Book - Back Stories, QF32 Book - Technical Crew, Technical

I have always welcomed robust debate and constructive criticism. Matthew Squair, a very intelligent expert in risk and safety systems (and a person whom I hold in the highest regard)  raises the question:  ”Is there a role for military control checks in civilian aircraft?“ This question opens up a very large topic! Food for thought. […]

Back Story QF32 p 345 – A380 (Route) Specifications

24 October, 2012 · by · in A380, QF32 - The Story, QF32 Book - Back Stories, Technical

A380 (Route) Specifications WARNING:  This is a very technical posting! Writes Mike Farmery (a friend)  from the UK:  I would appreciate it if you could help me with some information.   I am giving a talk at a local school very soon called ‘The Chemistry of Flying’. I would like to start it off with a […]

Richard’s (future) big jets book

29 June, 2012 · by · in A380, Airbus, Big Jets Book (planned 2014), Richard de Crespigny, Rolls-Royce

I am producing a technical book about Big Jets (jets bigger than A320s and B737s right up to and including the A380). For aspiring aviators who are pursuing a career flying Big Jets and for commercial aviation pilots, The Big Jets book provides an in-depth and technical explanation for aircraft designs and aircraft operations. Unlike […]

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