[Scan-DC] Still No scan content, but speaking of planes

[Robert H. Eisner]

I fly on a 757 about twice a month between Chicago and Dulles.   I normally monitor ATC on Channel 9 on the UAL entertainment systems when the pilots make it available.   I've never heard them use the "Heavy" suffix, but have heard them give wake turbulence warnings to planes that are following a 757 during landing. 
I know the FAA was thinking about reclassifying the 757 has a "Heavy" several years ago after a number of smaller business jets crashed while landing behind 757.

--- On Wed, 6/8/11, Thomas P. Clouse <thomas.p.clouse at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Thomas P. Clouse <thomas.p.clouse at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Still No scan content, but speaking of planes
To: "Doug Kitchener" <oldsdoug at hotmail.com>
Cc: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 6:37 PM

I also found it interesting that the call sign suffix for A380 flights is
"Super" - versus "Heavy" for the usual widebodies. Also, the 757 is the only
single-aisle airliner that uses a "Heavy" suffix.
On Jun 8, 2011 6:22 PM, "Doug Kitchener" <oldsdoug at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> As there are a couple of plane threads right now, I'm taking the
opportunity:
>
> 1) to mention that the plane that crashed in the Hudson River backalong
apparently moved through our area the other day while being transported to a
museum in North Carolina, and;
>
> 2) to wonder out loud (so to speak) if anyone besides me thinks that it's
in poor taste to put it in a museum...
>
> Obviously a pretty tenuous connection at best to the scan-DC list, so feel
free to reply privately!
>
> Thanks for the bandwidth...
>
> DK
>
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