Rockwell Collins iPod Integration SolutionsYes that’s correct ladies and gentlemen. Rockwell Collins has just announced their new iPod integration solutions for private jets, tailoring to the super rich.
According to the press release, the new system will allow people to channel their iPod content to preexisting on board Cabin Management video and audio systems. Up to four iPods can be integrated into the docking station for content export to multiple different channels, each with independent control.
From this beginning, this story fascinated me so I had looked for updates on it and I found one.
For 2 hours, Andrey Scherbakov road 1300 kilometres from the Russian city of Perm to Moscow inside the wheel well of Boeing 737. The OAT (outside air temp) was -50C. That’s -58F in case you’re wondering- I was. Even more surprising is that Andrey survived the lack of oxygen. I cannot seem to find out what the flight’s final altitude was, but that may be, in fact, what the actual determining factor was in this boy’s amazing survival. My guess is that chances are the jet was at a relatively low cruise altitude.
Andre now suffers from severe frostbite to his arms and legs, and he may even lose his hands. So what would make someone do something like this? Could it just have been attributed to the outrageous behaviors that many teenagers exhibit at this age? I seriously doubt that even a fearless teenage boy would miss the obvious dangers to riding in the wheel well of a passenger jet.
So it was with shock and anger that I reacted to what the real reason was- His father is an alcoholic and he was trying to get get away from him. Can you believe that! It’s an alarmingly intrusive insight into what an injured mind will do to get away from a source of pain. …And in case you didn’t know, alcoholism in someone you love is an agonizing and excruciating source of pain.
This is video shot from Portugal’s Evora Airshow over September 14-16, 2007. Here the same TAP Airbus 310 in the videos below does a low fly by at high speed.
I gotta say it’s pretty damn impressive, but there’s hardly any room for error. As it is, it’s amazing to me that there wasn’t a tip strike in the first pass, or in the last high speed pass, the Airbus’s wake didn’t flip any of the light planes parked along the runway.
I was able to find a thread going on about all this over at Airliners.Net where the mood seems to be quite reserved and (understandably) harsh against the pilot. According to one of the posts, the Captain was/is a Chief Pilot no less, with 4000 hours in type. Also (according to the post) TAP apparently had another Captain in the 60’s who flew under the Tagus Bridge with a 707.
The Twilight Zone Nightmare at 20,000 Feet Original air date: October 11, 1963Would you believe me if I told you that there are reports out of Russia that someone held onto the wing of a 737 for two hours? while it was flying? Alright since this story seems so incredibly unbelievable, I’m just going to start off by providing the link to the source. So here it is.
Now that I’ve got a little more of your respect back I’ll tell you a little about what it says. It says that a 15 year old boy clung to the wing of a 737 for a two hour, 800+ mile, 560 MPH flight. Yeah right. Okay well anyway I would have completely dismissed this story and not even posted about it…. but, there is one interesting detail. Moscow’s air and water transport control department confirmed it was true, at least according to the source above.
This reminds me of a story I’ve read on the cover of a grocery store gossip rag, or at least a famous episode of the Twilight Zone.
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~Capt’n Chris
From this beginning, this story fascinated me so I had looked for updates on it and 
This is video shot from Portugal’s Evora Airshow over September 14-16, 2007. Here the same TAP Airbus 310 in the 
~Capt’n Chris
~Capt’n chris
