Data4
Arcane
Oh why the hell not?
Here we are doing a walk-around of a brand new Boeing 737-800 NG, painted up in the new in-house "Dreamliner" livery. We're parked at Sea-Tac airport, and the time is around 6:00 PM local. Weather is partly cloudy, cool, and calm.
The cockpit is what's referred to as "cold and dark". No power, no lights, and nothing on the CRTs yet. At this point, we tune into ATIS, or the Automated Traffic Information System to find out the latest weather and which runways are active. Looks like it's going to be Runway 16L for a southbound departure.
Here we have the overhead panel, which is where most of the aircraft's systems are controlled. From here, I'll be switching on battery power, ground power, and the Auxiliary Powe Unit so as to wake the bird up. This will also provide power to the climate control systems, as the passengers will be boarding momentarily. Continuing on with the power up, I turn on the fuel pumps, hydraulics, electrical bus controls, lights, air conditioning, and equipment cooling fans, all controlled via this panel.
Okay, passengers are aboard, and the cabin is secured. All systems are running (as you can see by the displays. The copilot is busy playing Super Mario Brothers, but you can't see here.). We've been given a straight-out departure clearance, which means we don't have a plan on file, so we'll be going by Visual Flight Rules (VFR), which is pretty rare for a jet like this. We've just pushed back from the gate and have been handed off to Ground Control for clearance to taxi to runway 16L
More to come.
Here we are doing a walk-around of a brand new Boeing 737-800 NG, painted up in the new in-house "Dreamliner" livery. We're parked at Sea-Tac airport, and the time is around 6:00 PM local. Weather is partly cloudy, cool, and calm.
The cockpit is what's referred to as "cold and dark". No power, no lights, and nothing on the CRTs yet. At this point, we tune into ATIS, or the Automated Traffic Information System to find out the latest weather and which runways are active. Looks like it's going to be Runway 16L for a southbound departure.
Here we have the overhead panel, which is where most of the aircraft's systems are controlled. From here, I'll be switching on battery power, ground power, and the Auxiliary Powe Unit so as to wake the bird up. This will also provide power to the climate control systems, as the passengers will be boarding momentarily. Continuing on with the power up, I turn on the fuel pumps, hydraulics, electrical bus controls, lights, air conditioning, and equipment cooling fans, all controlled via this panel.
Okay, passengers are aboard, and the cabin is secured. All systems are running (as you can see by the displays. The copilot is busy playing Super Mario Brothers, but you can't see here.). We've been given a straight-out departure clearance, which means we don't have a plan on file, so we'll be going by Visual Flight Rules (VFR), which is pretty rare for a jet like this. We've just pushed back from the gate and have been handed off to Ground Control for clearance to taxi to runway 16L
More to come.
