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Monday, September 24, 2012

Vintage "American Airlines" Ad...♠TAM Airliner lands safely at JFK....!!!Prezzie.....!!!!.."WARNING" SHOT......;)..I'm not "Easy".....Dammit...!!!!!! "Curiosity".............Snooping around Mars...........♠ "Endeavor" mating video with 747...for last trip...."Endeavors" ......New Home.............♠


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The "Eyes" have it..............♠



See story and video below, Please......
Front landing gear cocked to the side............!!!!
It was a miracle on Runway 31L....
Frightened passengers braced for a crash landing at Kennedy Airport yesterday,Wednesday(9/26/12) when the nose gear failed on their flight from Rio de Janeiro.
But the gear on the Airbus A330 amazingly locked into the correct position as the plane was just 50 feet above the runway.
“It was like the hand of God turned the wheel,” said a Port Authority rescuer who was part of the disaster response crew put in place for the incident.
None of the 190 people aboard TAM Airlines Flight 8078 were hurt — despite getting the fright of their lives.
“Everyone was panicking inside the plane,” said Rio resident Anna Maria Falcao, 33.

“Even the crew was running around panicking, saying ‘Don’t worry, no one’s going to die.’ So many people were crying,” said Falcao, who was traveling to New York with her 1-year-old son, her husband and her mother.
Everyone was warned to brace by putting their heads in their hands, Falcao said.
“The captain kept saying ‘Be calm, keep calm. We know what we’re doing,’” said Matheus Freiha, 23, of Sao Paulo.
But the emergency preparations proved unnecessary -- the landing turned out to be smooth as silk, and passengers’ fright turned to applause for the skillful flight crew.
“It was a perfect landing, better than normal,” said Freiha, who is in New York to study at the International Culinary Center.
The plane landed without incident at 11 a.m., after circling the airport twice so controllers and rescuers could get a look at its nose gear.
The nose gear dropped down, but the wheels were turned at a right angle. “It appears cocked at 90 degrees,” a controller radioed one of the pilots.
The incident recalled JetBlue Flight 292, an Airbus which had a similar problem with its landing gear when it made an emergency landing at Los Angeles in September 2005.
But unlike today’s incident, the JetBlue A320’s landing gear never straightened out. The twisted gear created a shower of sparks as the plane skidded to a stop



               
   We Celebrate "Air Canada"......
on 75 years of Success & Service...!!!
 BRAVO......!!!


I AM SO "LUCKY".........!!!!
Look what I got in my "Snail".........mail yesterday
(regular postal)........!!!!!!!!
It's the "Collector's Edition.....of
"enRoute" inflight  magazine...........
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of "Air Canada"...........!!!!!
One of my Dear Canadian Friends sent to me............
and I say "Thank You" Ritchie........
a zillion times.........again!!!!!!
♥ 
 Consider this a "WARNING SHOT"..........If you came to visit.........my humble blog.........I Thank you, for taking time out of your  busy day, to do so.......!!!!!!!!!!
BUT........................DON'T LET ME FIND OUT, YOU DIDN'T STAY, AND WATCH THE VIDEO'S I PUT HERE.........!!!!!!......... ;/
It Didn't take me 5 long YEARS to learn just, how to put a video on this blog.........
FOR MY HEALTH...........;)))))))))...........
I don't know, about you.....but the vid of the mating of 'Endeavor' and her 'Mother' ship is just Friggin "Awesome".........!!!!........Look.......here some popcorn......and a cold drink..........
Just never know when MissTWA will give a pop quiz........
(yep, I'm  full of myself.....)
but serious.......I am very Thankful......for each visitor.......even the 'Sneeks'.........;))))))))
and to just be sure..........I am just Kidding here.......(sorta...lol))
Have a Wonderful Day...............♥


 Mz...."EASY Jet"...................!!!
should have kept my 'Day job'..........OMG
;/


NASA's Curiosity rover reached out and touched a Martian rock with its huge robotic arm for the first time, then took off on its longest Red Planet drive to date.
Curiosity spent the past several days investigating a strange pyramid-shaped stone named "Jake Matijevic," testing out some of the gear at the end of its 7-foot-long (2.1-meter-long) arm. These tools include the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer, or APXS, which measures elemental composition; and the Mars Hand Lens Imager close-up camera, or MAHLI.


I would like to introduce you to "Jake"........He's the leader singer, of a "Rock" and Roll band "Curiosity" has been Jamming to........LOL......
(really he's the first rock...Curiosity is now......checking out)...
damn 'groupie'.........;)))).



Credit: NASA/JPL-CBelly Check for Curiosityaltech/Malin Space Science SystemsThis view of the lower front and underbelly areas of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity was taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 34th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars. This image was taken Sept. 9, 2012.
  
 
On Sol 32 (Sept. 7, 2012) the Curiosity rover used a camera located on its arm to obtain this self portrait. The image of the top of Curiosity's Remote Sensing Mast, showing the Mastcam and Chemcam cameras, was acquired by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI).



This image shows the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on NASA's Curiosity rover, with the Martian landscape in the background. The image was taken by Curiosity's Mast Camera on the 32nd Martian day, or sol, of operations on the surface (Sept. 7, 2012, PDT or Sept. 8, 2012, UTC).
      
below.....
Check out the "Penny"........used for
 size calibration.....!!!!
Lincoln sure racking up "Frequent flyers miles"......

AThis view of the calibration target for the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) aboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity combines two images taken by that camera during the 34th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars. This image was taken Sept. 9, 2012.

Check Please check out this 3 minute video of
"Endeavor"
mating with 747....for her trip to the "OLD FOLK'S HOME"..........(SMILE)........♠



http://www.space.com/17658-endeavour-and-747-mated-time-lapse-video.html

 Here is a Video of the Take-off of "Endeavor"......and "Mother" ship......as they bid "Farewell"...to Edwards airforce base..............;(



 http://www.space.com/17714-take-off-endeavour-bids-farewell-to-edwards-video.html

Check these pictures out, I 'Shamelessly' stole...;)))  
 off of  Darryl Bustamante's blog......
"Totally Jack-up Aircraft photos!!!!......
Last week, New Orleans had the low-pass over of Endeavor...'Piggy backing"..........On her way to her final resting place......in Los Angelas......!!!
Well........these are pics of her landing in
 Los Angeles.....!!!.....
Welcome Endeavor.....!!!!!!!!


Photo's stolen(;) from
'Totally Jacked up Aircraft Photos".........
pics taken by Ken Miller and Sean Moran..........
Excellent Job.....!!!!!!!!!!!
 Shot location............Elysian Park, Los Angeles...9/21/2012




No such thing as a bad picture of Mother,
 "Piggy backing".................♠



LAX........BAD ASS...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Photo by Ben Wang...........Thanx.....so much!!!!!!!

Location .......LAX......♠....
First "Spy Photos"..........from
 Michael Breckshot......(Darryl's Man on the scene........)
don't worry Michael, 
 your 'Secret' is safe with us................;))))))

17 comments:

Giulia said...

Love the photos! Thank you!

It is definitely bad ass...

getjets said...

Thanks GG......Yes, the pictures sure are Beautiful.....!!!!

You know me, I'm always adding more to these 'posts'.....
I've also, put 2 videos....the first is a timlapse of "Endeavor"...mating with her "Mother" ship(747)......

and the second is of the final take off of Endeavor bidding farwell to Edwards Airforce base.........(Sad).....

and soon, I'll be posting your pictures of you pulling an A-319....been eating your spinach, apparantly......LOL......

Dave W said...

Hey Jules!

Great set of pics....

Did you Americans really spend all that money to send a rover to Mars and have it take pics of self?

I think it looks like Wall-E in one of them! LOL!

All the best

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capnaux said...

Love the pics! Thoroughly entertaining as I sit here in "detention"--ie, Jury Duty, awaiting assignment or release, LOL!

Darryl Bustamante said...

Theft is the sincerest form of flattery.

Love ya,' Miss TWA!

getjets said...

Hell Yea Dave......... we Americans can't get enough of ourselves....!!!
"Well enough about me......
what do you think about me....????"


Does look like
"Wall-E"....OMG.......♦


Does the "Martian Dust" make me look "FAT"......??!!!
Don't answer that........;/

getjets said...

OMG......Cappy.......
Jury Duty......!!!!
So which side of the "Jury Box" are you sitting at....OUCH!!!!!

TOLD YA NOT TO "DOUBLE PARK" THAT DAMN "BUS"......!!!
;o

getjets said...

HI DARRYL.....!!!!
Being a 'Thief' has never been so FUN!!!!

I AM SINCERELY YOURS....♠

Giulia said...

Ritchie "did good"...

Nice present, girlie. Did you like the vintage F/A uniforms? :)

It's a nice magazine this month. Hey, Ritchie, do you have another copy for me? ;)

((hugs)) to you, Jules. Where are the cookies? Who ate them all?

Hello to everyone!

GG

getjets said...

LOL......Missy GG.....!!!!
I Love the "Vintage" Stewardess uniforms........!!!!
Sassy, and Classy....all of them....!!!
The whole 'enRoute'....covers the 75 years of "Air Canada's" very Rich history....!!!!
with articles on all aspects of the trademark Airline.....Even have an article about "Air Canada's" No. 1 Fan....and his Aviation Shrine, .....Looks a lot like yours Bas Man.....!!!!!!

I don't know who ate all the damn cookies....didn't even leave crumbs.....grrrr..
Have a wonderful day....GG..........(((HUGS)))

Craig R said...

Glad you enjoyed it Jules. I thought if anyone would get a kick out of it, you would.

Giulia - sorry girlie, I'm not flying on AC again this month. But some of the content is on AC's website. Click the tab at the top to take a trip through time ... not as good as the magazine, but it gives a taste.

I'm on AC again in early October. I'll see if I can snag a leftover copy from the MLL for you.

Craig R

Paul [Daniel] Asuncion, BLUE said...

Julie:

80 tons. An empty shuttle is over 80 tons! No sudden moves, when you've got that on the roof rack.
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Those vintage planes & uniforms really do have a certain charm.


P.S.

Giulia, sorry about the cookies. Well...you should've...crunch...
crunch...said something!

Giulia said...

Darryl,
Love visiting your site! :) And thank you for letting Jules steal the piccies. :)

Dave,
I thought of ET too! You know, I mention ET to my students and they don't know who I am talking about. Am I THAT old?!?!? Sheesh...

Eric,
Jury duty! Holy! Exciting and not so much!
Everyone should go check out his trailer he made for his book--Code Name Dodger. Looks like it was a ton o' fun to make!

Ritchie,
Aw, thanks for offering to do that. I already saw the copy online. Told Jules about it. If you do find a copy in the MLL, I would love it....and a bag of those buttery pretzels, thanks. :) You can give it to me when we meet. LOL

Dan!!!
Chocolate is NOT a food group! :)
Next time, eat a healthy meal beforehand...and then you won't wolf down all of Jules's cookies.
No party manners at all!
:) ((HUGS))

Jules...
Oh yea,
Hi to you, you crazy girl.
I don't bother saying much to you, coz when we do talk, I can't get in a word edgewise. *wink*

Good day to all.

getjets said...

Ritchie.........Sure do "LOVE" my 'Awesome Prezzie'...!!!

But, it's the "Regulation"
Air Canada 'BARF BAG' you snuck inside.........!!!
Another Barf bag to add to my Aviation Alter...where, I worship.....daily!!!!

Again....Thanks so much!!!!
and Safe Travels.....
"Kiddo" signing off.....for now

getjets said...

Damn...Paul{Daniel}, an empty shuttle is 80 tons...???!!!!
(160 thou. pounds)..Truely is 'Unbelievable'...
_________________♠

Ha Ha....GG....!!
'crunch'crunch'....SHO... was some yummy cookies huh, Paul{Daniel}..
and stop talking with your mouth full.....spitting crumbs all over the place......lol..;/

Have a Great Day Paul{Daniel}!!!!

capnaux said...

Actually, we had an A320 nose cock sideways in CMH about 10 years ago. The reason nobody knows about it is 'cause EVERYBODY LIVED!

There's a vid of it out there somewhere, really a "non-event" landing. Just came to a smokey stop. The only real drama was the Captain, unsure of whether there was a fire or not, elected to evacuate, so the pax all piled out down the slides.

getjets said...

WOW..........Cappy, Do you fly such 'scenerio's' during your yearly 'Sim Evals'.......????
I would have been petrifide, as a passenger.....!!
It's the 'cool, calm and collected flight crew....who gets ya down and safe......to them I say
BRAVO!!!!!!!!

I do remember a few years back, a dramatic video of a "Jet Blue" landing with front landing gear turned 90 degrees...... at LAX...all safe and sound.......!!

Have a great weekend Cappy!!!
Please, try to get INTO trouble..............LOL