thanks for all the kind words guys,I guess part of me has never forgotten (or tried not to forget) that I do have one of the coolest professions going. It's not always an easy life, but it is always rewarding.In these days post 9-11 a lot of things about my job are different...but then, a lot of things are exactly the same. I penned a "Log Book" article about such things a few months after that dreadful event....http://www.frugalsworld.com/logbooks/logbook11-1.shtmlthanks again guys for the nice words and thoughts,take care,BBall------------------------Capt. William "BBall" BallBoeing 757, Northwest AirlinesSenior Editorwww.frugalsworld.com

Thanks Captain....really enjoy watching your picture, please share more with us!!thank you~~^0^best regard..Tommy

John,There are some runways, cant remember which, that will tend to bring me in some 10 to as much as 50 feet off the runway but, for the most part, CAT II and III approaches are just fine. The landing Monday night was about 10 feet left of the center line but I'll take that anytime. I only use the autoland feature when it is truly needed and only on runways that support it, like 4R at KBOS where that is the 3th time there in the last year I landed in those conditions. On one of the other occasions, you could not see the runway until the nose gear dropped. Steve Drabek was 2nd to land and he did just fine also. I think you will find a post about that one in the archives here.I can also tell you that I have had the same experiance at many other locations. And, had company on those as well, Ian Elchitz, Murf, 856, DShut, and Bill VC, have all led or followed me in some place or another in those conditions. A couple that come immeadiatly to mind were Iqaluit and Anchorage. I had to cheat after landing and use the top down view just to find a turnoff and taxi to the terminal. If you have a proper intercept angle and join below the glideslope on 4R at Boston, you should be able to make a successful autoland even with a crosswind. If you can't, start another thread about your experiance and lets kick it around a bit.

FABULOUS! As always! Keep them coming - keeps reminding me of my dream :-)Ian

BBall,Great pictures, thanks for sharing them with us.Very interesting that one pilot has to go on Oxygen these days when the other goes to the lav, that rule was pretty much scrapped years ago in Europe and Canada (now that action is only required if above FL410 which as you know doesn't happen very often).Surprised that it is still FL250 in the States...Keep those pictures coming anyway ;)

Yep, it's still FL250.......oh, and the FAA won't let us grow beards either :(LOLtake care,BBall------------------------Capt. William "BBall" BallBoeing 757, Northwest AirlinesSenior Editorwww.frugalsworld.com

Bill,With all (all?) that red hair if you had a long beard you'ld look like a pirate. I see the trip pairings still suck.Still enjoying retirement.Your old Cap'nEd Weber a.k.a tallpilot

Thanks Michael, your input is appreciated. Is there a proper way to determine the intercept angle or should I generally just come in at about 30 degrees?Thanks.John.

Capt. Ed!Good to hear from you sir!I'm still looking for that long LAS layover, but haven't seen one in a while. I guess I'm getting rather "senior" on the jet, for that was the only 3-dayer all month, I'm doing turn-arounds for the rest....LAS in fact, but I'm on the ground a scant :58.Glad to hear that retirement is still a good thing...take care my friend,Bill

Capt. Ball,I appreciated your thoughts on 9/11. I work across the street for WTC and I walked through the south tower just 5 min. before the first attact. Although I am a humble banker, my work is very different, yet, at the same time, the same. I will never forget those that arrived at their desks across the street and began to drink their morning coffey, just as I did, except for the fact that there fate would be sealed. Sorry for bringing this up on our great PIC BB, but your words motivated me to do so. Great Pictures sir and please keep then coming!!!Regards, WS (Bart)

Wonderful shots as always William. :-)Ryan-Flightpro08 :-cool VATSIM Pilot/ControllerZLA ARTCC Senior Controller (C-3)ASRC (Advanced Simulated Radar Client) Beta Testerhttp://vatsim.pilotmedia.fi/statusindicato...tor=OD1&a=a.jpg-----------------------------My "Home Made" System Specs:Intel Pentium 4 2.2GHz ProcessorTurbo Gamer ATX Mid-Tower with 420W Power SupplyEPoX 4G4A Motherboard with Intel 845G ChipsetVisiontek XTASY GeForce4 128MB Ti4600 (Det 30.82 Drivers)512MB PC2100 DDR RAM40GB Matrox 7200RPM Hard DriveWindows XP Home Edition SP1*No CPU or GPU Overclocking*3dMark2001SE Score: 11298-----------------------------Click Here to Download my American Eagle POSKY CRJ-200!

Great shots!What's a typical monthly schedule for a B75 captain for NWA? It might be fun to emulate your flights.Thanks,Bruce.ASEL, KBJC, Jeffco, CO.

Actually I think he'd look more like a Viking...and fit right into the Minneapolis Society,eh? (Plz pass the tuna-fish casserole)Speaking of retirement, missed you guys at the 727 party two weeks ago. Tad somber, not like the "wake/party" for "Herman."And then there is the "Line-Lore" story of the ace-of-the-base who had heavily waxed his mustache (like Rollie Fingers) and went on O2, only to have the wax catch fire......(I didn't believe it either).See-ya down the lineTim