A day at the office

[Silver02ex]

The office!

Indy 500

Thunderstroms in the area on this approach

Fuel system

Sunset from 32,000 feet

Atlantic Ocean

Another sunset picture

Yellowstone NP

 

[moribundman]

You suck and I hate you!

PS: What's with the mutton wool seat covers?

 

[tom slick]

NICE!!

can you post a closeup shot of the engine display? Is it called a HDD (heads down display) in the civilian world?

 

[Silver02ex]

Originally Posted By: moribundman
You suck and I hate you!

PS: What's with the mutton wool seat covers?


Those are actually pretty comfortable, and I don't sweat as much sitting on them. It still beats sitting in the back and having a screaming baby next to me

 

[Silver02ex]

Originally Posted By: tom slick
NICE!!

can you post a closeup shot of the engine display? Is it called a HDD (heads down display) in the civilian world?


We don't have the HUD, but the PFD (primary flight dislpay) shows most of the info like airspeed (on the left side) altitude (right side) mach number (top left) etc.

On the top left screen show our engine indication. On the top is the N1 fan speed, below that is the ITT (Inter-Turbine Temperature) Then the N2 fan speed, fuel flow, engine oil temp and oil pressure. We will only see the red or yellow message if there's something wrong with the system. (This pictures is when the airplane is sitting on the ground since the N1 and N2 is showing 0 and there's no oil pressure and fuel flow

 

[firemachine69]

Where's the afterburner?

 

[tom slick]

VERY similar to the new C-130J.
I wonder where the ITT is measured? between the N1 and N2 turbine?

What's your max fuel flow? or do you even pay attention if nothing is wrong?

 

[Silver02ex]

You're right on the ITT, fuel flow depends on the altitude. The higher, the less fuel burn, since our true airspeed is faster. At 32,000 feet at Mach .74 is about 2,600 lbs and hr. or $34 PER MINUTE.

 

[asiancivicmaniac]

Very cool job. If the airline industry wasn't going to pieces then being a pilot would be my dream job. Actually, it is my dream job, but with all the layoffs and bankruptcies going on lately it's a scary career field.

 

[NJC]

Wow. Looks somewhat more intriguing than my machine shop.

 

[Papa Bear]

Yeah.... but Silver would have a hard time "stepping out for a smoke".

 

[Johnny]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

 

[crinkles]

you're a very lucky man, you could be flying a desk like the rest of us....

 

[crinkles]

Originally Posted By: Silver02ex
You're right on the ITT, fuel flow depends on the altitude. The higher, the less fuel burn, since our true airspeed is faster. At 32,000 feet at Mach .74 is about 2,600 lbs and hr. or $34 PER MINUTE.


Still, pretty cheap for what you're doing zooming around up there...

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: crinkles
The higher, the less fuel burn, since our true airspeed is faster


Sure, but the flying distance between two points on the ground increases with higher altitude!

 

[Aldaris]

Sharp looking jet if I may say so my self. Must be a good deal more nimble than an MD-80, ha

 

[zulu]

Hey, I work at ZKC. I'm sure we've talked several times. Where are you based?

 

[Mr Nice]

Are pilot jobs still in demand ?

Or are there just too many unemployed pilots out of work ?

 

[StevieC]

Originally Posted By: crinkles
you're a very lucky man, you could be flying a desk like the rest of us....

I drive my desk/office all day long!

Silver02ex:
Very nice pic's thanks for posting!

 

[GMBoy]

Very nice post. My dad used to fly a much smaller plane, a Cessna 172 Skyhawk fully loaded with the latest and greatest at the time...remember Lorans?

Anyhow, I solo'd in that plane at age 14 and loved flying so much that I had planned to attend Embry Riddle in Florida to train and become an airline pilot. I ended up going to school for business and landing a great job (yeah, at the time!) with GM. If I had to do it all over again.....