Nicolaus

View from a hotel room in Barcelona

Good morning Barcelona!

A blue-ish, hazy landscape. Land and sea, seen from above.

Liechtenstein? Jokes aside, I am absolutely looking forward to reading it!

Three aircraft at Geneva airport, in dusk

Evening rush out of Geneva, last night #LSGG

Swiss Alps around the Reuss valley, with some low clouds in the distance, as seen from a cockpit

Low clouds in the valleys of the Swiss Alps, as seen from an airplane approaching Zurich

Had some low clouds today at Zurich. We only became visual with the runway slightly before reaching the CAT I minimum. But it sure was beautiful from above!

A vintage aircraft in a museum. An Udet U-12 to be precise.

You can't make your whole life about airplanes, my wife said.

You're right, I said. Let's go to a museum.

Frühdienst hat auch seine schönen Seiten...

Aahh, war das nicht der Film, der es schafft, gleichzeitig für und gegen die Todesstrafe zu sein?

I mean, it's a workplace after all...

Okay, one more, then I will shut up.

I call it 'The calm before the storm'.

Melodramatic? I know.

A Citation Latitude on the ramp, door open

Given how many places are called False Bay or similar in the respective languages, I kind of wonder about our ancestors' navigational skills...

Kann man ja immer mal irgendwie gebrauchen...

This ⏬

A sunset behind clouds, as seen from the cockpit of a Citation Latitude.

Approaching Valencia.

Since the invention of ailerons, it is rare to find an aircraft without them. However, the SO.9000 "Trident", an experimental supersonic aircraft from the 1950s, does not have them.
All of the aircraft's controls are located in its tailplane, for roll, pitch and yaw.

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You can say that...

(Although it differs from place to place, of course)

A table with two wonderful cappuccinos, some flowers in a vase, and the flight package

Flight prep #bizav style.

It's a terrible, terrible way to earn your living...

After an easy flight from London City, we had the rest of the afternoon off. Took a walk through Stockholm in glorious autumn weather.

#pilotlife #layover

Ja, aber wer kommt danach? Ich fürchte, dass es eher schlimmer als besser wird.

The Kalitta Air 747 Crash in Brussels – A Split-Second Decision That Changed Everything

I joined Eckhard Jann again on Error One to discuss the Kalitta Air 747 crash in Brussels — a powerful case of decision-making under pressure and how one split-second can change everything.

#AviationSafety #HumanFactors

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Both pilots had studied the Route Guide. Both were safety-conscious.
Yet neither saw the 282-ft obstacle.
Lighting, layout, glare-how did so many small issues align?

#tbt to one of our most haunting episodes of The Essence of Safety. #rescue116

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Ja, das gilt natürlich auch für die Flugbegleiter, nicht nur für die Piloten. Dabei würde ich aber annehmen, dass die Luftqualität im Cockpit besser war, weil es sich quasi um einen separaten Raum handelt. Waren die Türen geschlossen? Wissen Sie, ob die APU lief?

Die Werte kommen mir komisch vor. Darf ich fragen, in welcher Flugphase da gemessen wurde?

I saw this question being asked on the other app - what airline that doesn't exist anymore would you love to fly (for) again?

“At 1:43 and some odd seconds, I felt the first shudder… a loud bang. Something was gravely wrong.”

The story of Greeneville — a U.S. Navy submarine, a routine drill, and a tragedy that shocked the world.

🎙️ Listen to the full episode now:
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Guilt, Blame, and the Lessons We Miss

When a JAL DC-8 lands short of the runway in San Francisco Bay, its captain admits fault with disarming honesty. Decades later, a U.S. Navy submarine collides with a Japanese fishing vessel, and another captain shoulders the weight of guilt...

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In 1968, a Japan Air Lines DC-8 landed in San Francisco Bay. No one died, but the captain’s blunt confession became legendary: “I f*cked up.”

But did self-blame help aviation safety - or hide the real lessons?

🎧 The Essence of Safety — new episode out now:

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0320z - that's early.