Yeah, not exacty. While yes, we are allowed on the big jets earlier than US pilots, European licencing is stricter than that of the US. Far more theoretical exams for instance. And no-one without a full ATPL is going to be in command of that thing.

Not true, within the EU free travel is allowed within without a visa. Diverting from the Netherlands to Germany or Belgium (as would be the case with larger aircraft) is a non-issue. As for passengers from outside the EU, most times arrangements will and can be made by the local border authority for a temporary visa…

Eindhoven could fit a 777, it’s a 3000m runway that the military uses for it’s KDC-10’s. The airport is combined military/civilian. And only 56 nm from Amsterdam. But far more likely is a diversion to Brussels in Belgium (85 nm away) or Cologne in Germany. Well within the “fuel range”, although that is not really a…

Yeah that was great. Big fanfare, ship drops, music stops, GTFO. :P

Heh, that is funny. I flew out of that place for 2 weeks during my flight training back in ‘09, they moved us down there for the supposedly nicer weather and of course the weather was terrible :P.

Perhaps not really a “truck” and definitely not American, but for my money one of the best car commercials ever.

There is probably an access point to the water mains underneath a small cover in the ground, we have a similar set-up in the Netherlands. No US style fire hydrants.

Older aircraft are awesome, they just fly a lot nicer than one that is factory fresh. Although our fleet is quite young (oldest a/c is probably 10 years old or so), you do notice the difference.

Easily the coolest ship in Monaco right now, the Stad Amsterdam:

There is nothing going on here, the aircraft, reg CS-TMT (Portugese registration, owned by HiFly, leased to Saudia) flew to Ben Gurion from Brussels for scheduled maintenance at IAI there. It was flying under a HiFly callsign, HFY-511P, with no pax and no mechanical failures.

The left side suspension hitting it's maximum travel and transferring the momentum through the whole vehicle. The right tires didn't get lifted as much as pulled upwards with the entire racecar.

3.) A-Pillars

BBJ probably requires more, I fly the 737-800 which is largely similar to a BBJ2 and we want a minimum of 1800m (5900ft) of runway in an emergency. Normally we want about 2000m (6560ft) for a comfortable landing. In a pinch you can stop it fairly quickly (depends on the weight), say with a 65 ton a/c and using maximum…

I'm with you on the Porsches, although I would probably go for a Singer 911 (Must be a multi-million $ inheritance though) and a Tesla. At the moment, for me, no other 4 door saloon compares to this thing in terms of innovation and just being plain cool. I'm really hoping for the Model 3 being a baby Model S (or a 2…

Repair costs will depend on what happened. It doesn't look like a engine surge or stall (airflow reverses through the engine and you basically fry the whole thing) as you would see flames coming out of the engine inlet. Those are expensive "events" with the cost of a single fanblade being as high as $30,000.

Yeah, but bridge engineers aren't that concerned about weight. Aircraft are built to be as efficient as possible. You can design a wing that is 10x as strong as it needs to be, but it would be far, far to heavy. 150% is just about the sweetspot as a balance for strenght and a low enough weight for an efficient…

The plans for "stand-up seating" and "paying for toilets" were never more than publicity stunts by O'Leary. It was never going to happen.

Ok, a few inaccuracies in this article.

That is from an F-16

Yeah, sorry about that, I just came off of a week on the early shift and I wasn't really thinking straight anymore. But you got the gist of the question at least and cleared it up, thanks!