Euhm... woow PMDG. It's sound very well that what you guys are doing there in the office with a cup of coffee. - Well I repeat: Don't mess up the 737 NGX, please take your time to complete the 737 NGX to that what you wanted to get completed. Do not release it to get it released becauseyou and also the consumers will regret it. I prefer wait a few weeks more to fly in a very nice airplane without bugs than flying in a very nice airplane that contains full of bugs.:rolleyes:Keep it up the good work, PMDG! :(

Hopefully this will still be under $100

Hopefully this will still be under $100

By the sounds of it, even if it's $200+ it will still be a bargain.

even if it's $200+ it will still be a bargain.

Nah, not really a bargain anymore. Hopefully it will get the same price like the 747X and MD-11 now?:(

You'd shear the tow pin, so you would go nowhere and more importantly, nil damage to the aircraft.Matt

Actually the shear pin (at least on the tow bars I've used) only prevents the nosewheel from turning too far. If you rotate the nosewheel too far to either side during push back so that the tow bar passes the line on the nose gear door, you'll hear a pop and the head of the tow bar will be able to rotate to either side by about 15 degrees. If you continue pushing, you can still do significant damage to the nose gear (but by that point you'd be pretty close to #2 and hopefully have the common sense to stop!).I've had pilots forget to release the parking brake before, but you notice pretty quickly when you step on the gas and don't go anywhere. That picture of the torn up mains that Kenneth posted is a bit of a fail (looks to me like an A319/320/321, US Airways?), and it looks like the aircraft was towed for a while (with the driver facing forward instead of looking at the mains). To have that amount of drag and not notice, it must have been a big ol' pushback/lektro.

That picture of the torn up mains that Kenneth posted is a bit of a fail (looks to me like an A319/320/321, US Airways?), and it looks like the aircraft was towed for a while (with the driver facing forward instead of looking at the mains). To have that amount of drag and not notice, it must have been a big ol' pushback/lektro.

The picture I posted shows what happens when you land with the parking brake on. :((Luckily you can not do this on the 737 NG, as the parking brake will deactivate once the wheels touch down.)

That picture of the torn up mains that Kenneth posted is a bit of a fail (looks to me like an A319/320/321, US Airways?), and it looks like the aircraft was towed for a while (with the driver facing forward instead of looking at the mains). To have that amount of drag and not notice, it must have been a big ol' pushback/lektro.

Jetblue in SMF: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314618/JetBlue-lands-brake-bursts-flames-injuring-7-passengers.html

The picture I posted shows what happens when you land with the parking brake on. :((Luckily you can not do this on the 737 NG, as the parking brake will deactivate once the wheels touch down.)

Ohhhh haha that makes a lot more sense! Wouldn't be the first time ... http://www.dauntless-soft.com/Products/Freebies/USAirParkingBrake/

Pete-No- it certainly wouldn't.At my line we had a check-captain land with the parking brake on. He had been helping a newly hired First Officer understand something about the hydraulic system and something about that discussion caused him to set the parking brake.The conversation topic changed- and the brake remained on. The only reminder they got about it was upon touchdown. Very ugly...There have been a half dozen of these incidents just in the past few years that I recall. For the life of me I still can't figure out why manufacturers don't have some kind of indication to say, "HEY STUPID!" It wouldn't take that much- since all of the proper sensing systems are already in place.But then again- somehow millions of pilots manage to land WITHOUT the brakes on day after day... :(

I like the Hey Stupid light idea.. Can replace the Master Caution light with that. :(

Engine 2 on fire because of bird strike = Hey Stupid?

Isn't there a Master Warning as well though for fires and stuff like that? It may be because I am in a different platform that I view Warnings, Cautions, and Advisories differently. On my aircraft a caution capsule is usually something that can be prevented like the parking brake being on, and other minor things of that nature which is why I jokinly said that. Warning system is for fires, engine out, rotor RPM low, and major things like that. Did not mean to offend by my post by any stretch of the imagination.

Maybe it could be an addition to the GPWS/FWC call-outs:"TOO LOW GEAR""TOO LOW BRAKES" And if you still continue"HEY STUPID, YOUR PARKING BRAKE IS ON!" lol

Excluding situations like the one Robert described, how can you engage parking brakes during flight (as it's not possible to have them engaged before takeoff)???It's not in any checklist and I find it quite difficult for a pilot to confuse it with smth else in the cockpit... A BIG mistake indeed!

Steve-Red = Immediately set down the coffee and throw the crossword puzzle on the floor.Amber = Finish your coffee, interrogate the crew until you figure out 22-Across (5 letter word for "THE") then see if the FO remembers where the QRH is kept...