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NVGs don’t give any colour vision. The CRJ pilots were in the very late stage of a turning approach. Their attention would have been on the runway, and nothing else. That’s normal. I suspect the the army were using the third person in the aircraft as a spotter, to help offset the limitations of...

As soon as fault becomes the main aim of any investigation, it loses any relevance with regard to safety. Who came up with the procedures they were using? Why were the army using NVGs, and how did they mitigate the field of view issues that they give you. All of the people involved on the night...

Of course we don't, and that applies to any incident. Probably even down to why you didn't get an upgrade. But, we certainly have valid questions, and those of us who know the operations of the place have valid comments. Whether anybody has hit the smoking gun or not, who knows? If the pilot...

Remember that it's not only the Americans who may be guilty of this. NIH is a world-wide issue.

There will be a lot of the “frog in boiling water” about this. There are procedures at play here (and right across the USA) that are just plain dumb, and which are not seen anywhere else in the world. But, because they’ve gotten away with it for so long, they’ve come to be seen as safe, when...

Turn the gain down…that fixes green.

60 plus 4. There was another aircraft on long finals for the other runway, which would have also been on a similar bearing from the helo. This is the USA. There are some strange VFR and IFR mixes there.

Sounding like a normal army UH-60 now. It does show up on this, though it's much harder to use than FR24. globe.adsbexchange.com/

It seems that the callsign was PAT-25, which apparently stands for "Priority Air Transport". Claims that it was a VH-60 which is the VIP variant also used as Marine One. There is an audio from ATC in which it is asked if it has the CRJ in sight, and when it replies in the affirmative, is told to...

It doesn't show up on FR24. The CRJ shows a normal return at 900', and the next one is at 25', so the point of impact is basically on the eastern edge of the Potomac. It's in a direct line south of the Mall. Police have denied that it was theirs.

None of which is surprising. The cabin crew should alert others as the first priority, otherwise the cabin crew at the front, and the pilots, would have no idea of what is happening. I wonder if a window of time existed for a quick door opening (slide be damned) and out the door with it...

Korea has lost another aircraft, though thankfully all got off safely. Looking at the video, it would appear that a fire has started towards the rear of the cabin, during pushback. Looks to have been a reasonably ordered evacuation, though still some people carrying bags. But, the fire has...

In my lifetime, there will be zero commercial impact. And about the same viability. Long term, who knows, but this is up there with Mr Fusion. Hopefully cleaner, otherwise what is the point. It won't be cheaper.

How would the pilots ever work up enough courage to go flying?

Common in the USA, when you didn't want them coming in. On the other hand, the cleaners never seemed to turn up if you turned the sign around. Happened in UK. What also happened quite a lot, was that if you left the sign on the door, they'd then ring you up. There was a reason it was on the door!@

Not for the destination. They’ll fix that with holding within the last couple of hundred miles. You can’t slow down enough, especially at altitude, to make much difference. This would just be for Afghanistan. Holding patterns waste from 6-12 or so minutes, per pattern. It’s a little unusual to...

Just timing adjustments. Smaller changes can be done with a jink of a minute or two. I don’t recall any that were especially rough, but a couple could have been a bit longer.

All of them. There was some burning off, but I didn't think it was all that notable. The fishing boats out of Bangkok were an interesting sight. Made you think you were over land, when you were nowhere near it. Perhaps Pearce (2FTS) or Sale (CFS). I recall a RAF bloke at CFS, and 2FTS had USAF...

Which is a way of guaranteeing that it will never happen.

Most of my flying involved crossing the equator at some point, so it was a rare trip on which you didn't see some lightning. At altitude the flashes can be seen far over the horizon, so there were some nights when you could see it before the radar. On one trip, approaching WA from Singapore...