Category A380

Bio-Mimicry of Shaking Dogs (version 2)

26 October, 2013 · by · in A380, Big Jets Book, Physics For The Coffee Table, Technical · Leave a comment

See also QF32 Biomimicry Richard Hammond’s Miracles Of Nature Biomimicry You don’t have to be a dog lover to be awe struck by this fantastic video of dogs shaking themselves dry.   Their seemingly simply movements generate up to 70 G accelerations that “centrifuge” the hair 70% dry in just a few seconds. Why is the […]

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

14 December, 2012 · by · in A380, Big Jets Book, QF32 Story, Rolls-Royce, Technical · 17 Comments

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, Back Stories, QF32 Story, Technical · 5 Comments

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 p 345 – A380 (Route) Specifications

24 October, 2012 · by · in A380, Back Stories, QF32 Story, Technical · 1 Comment

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 […]

Welcome to the Big Jets Book discussion

20 August, 2012 · by · in A380, Airbus, ATSB, Back Stories, Big Jets Book, Careers, Leadership, Qantas, Qantas History, Resources, Rolls-Royce, Teamwork, Technical, Technical Crew, Training · Leave a comment

I am writing a book about big jets My definition of the big jets are those bigger than the Boeing 737 or Airbus A320.  Large corporate jets (Gulfstream and Cessna) are also included. For aspiring aviators who are pursuing a career flying Big Jets and for commercial aviation pilots, The Big Jets book provides an […]

Richard’s (future) big jets book

29 June, 2012 · by · in A380, Airbus, Big Jets Book, Richard de Crespigny, Rolls-Royce · 8 Comments

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 will provide an in-depth and technical explanation for aircraft designs and aircraft operations. […]

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