GrogNerd
mean old man
So... I've been using corn nuts as breath mints this whole time & none of y'all bothered mentioning tuna?
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Come on it's not yet Thanksgiving. LOL
That is a real thing. I had one 45 lb bag and one 55 lb bag. 50 lb was the single bag limit and the nice person behind the counter made me move stuff from one bag to the other.
The 50lb limit is for the baggage handlers backs.That is a real thing. I had one 45 lb bag and one 55 lb bag. 50 lb was the single bag limit and the nice person behind the counter made me move stuff from one bag to the other.
The 50lb limit is for the baggage handlers backs.
I remember back when flying to the US I could take 2 70lb bags, anywhere else in the world was one 50lb. Why does anyone need 140lb of anything unless you're relocating?
I normally fit everything I need in a single bag under 40lb for 2-3 weeks. The 2 50lb bags were for a job that required me to live in a hotel for 2 months on the other side of the country.Why does anyone need 140lb of anything unless you're relocating?
Longer stay larger suitcase, bringing stuff back… Years ago my large case was over weight by a couple pounds returning from HI. Counter person first said you’ll have to take something out, but then decided to put a warning sticker for the baggage handlers, thankfully.The 50lb limit is for the baggage handlers backs.
I remember back when flying to the US I could take 2 70lb bags, anywhere else in the world was one 50lb. Why does anyone need 140lb of anything unless you're relocating?
Depending on the FAR the certificate holder is operating under, weights can be estimated based on average weight for baggage. Usually the larger the aircraft, the less critical the specific weight of individually specific bags is, up to a point. On wide body aircraft, where individual bags are loaded in separate L-2 containers, the loaded containers are each individually weighed before placing the container in the cargo hold. This becomes critical for weight and balance, as well as total gross weight. I can't recall what the "average weight" per luggage piece the FAA allows, but it's probably around 22.5# per bag. That's partially the reason that oversized baggage in excess of 55# will not be accepted by the air carrier.Weight AND balance, not just weight.
I don't know the degree to which that's an issue on airliners, but I know that the difference between flying and not can be relatively few passengers. Once out of DFW in August it was so warm that they had to remove a few passengers from the flight to make weight. My wife and I took their offer of free flights to do so, but you wouldn't think that six passengers would make that big a difference.
Well, it does, for the plane to stay within maximum limits. On hot days and esp. hot humid days, the air is much less dense, and thus less lift is generated by the wings. So weight needs to come off the plane until it's within margins.
BTW, know why the pilot in a 2-place biplane always sits in the back seat? Without a passenger, the pilot's weight is offsetting the weight of the engine; put a single flyer in the front seat and you make the plane too nose-heavy, which is a handling issue.
If you add a passenger, that front seat is over the wings and doesn't affect the plane's center of gravity very much so the plane remains fairly stable to fly.
I earned my private pilot's license in March, and this is just one of the really cool things I learned about flying.
Why does anyone need 140lb of anything unless you're relocating?
But it all relates. Consider the decorative capped stein. Would it matter, for balance purposes, if the stein were half full? What if the cap were open rather than closed? Can't you perceive the relevance?
But it all relates. Consider the decorative capped stein. Would it matter, for balance purposes, if the stein were half full? What if the cap were open rather than closed? Can't you perceive the relevance?
That is usually my bag when I go somewhere, bringing back a lot of local beers.Like this?
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Wrong cans, clearly that's a Coorsair
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