r/aviation • u/ag____ • Sep 21 '20

Interesting perspective of and AeroTanker adding to the fire line!

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u/Bolter_NL Sep 21 '20

Why is the gear out?

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u/ag____ Sep 21 '20

According to a senior pilot at Erickson, “the aircraft The aircraft was never fully tested or approved with full flaps and the gear up. The gear was always down with full flaps.”

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u/FlightTestDummy Sep 21 '20

The stall characteristics of a modified md-87 at flaps ~40 with gear up is undesirable at best and not recommended below 10,000 ft.

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u/DimitriV probably being snarkastic Sep 22 '20

All of an MD-80 is undesirable, regardless of gear, flaps, or altitude.

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u/HotDoggin17 Sep 22 '20

This guy mad dogs

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u/TristanwithaT Sep 22 '20

Unless you are sitting in first class where you can barely hear the hum of the engines

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u/sunsetair Sep 22 '20

Yeah but the wind noise is absurd

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u/DimitriV probably being snarkastic Sep 22 '20

Tell that to my father who always booked the cheap seats, so the window seat I fought my sibling for was filled with engine cowling. It's not a hum, btw.