Christine Negroni

Journalist, author, air crash specialist. Just arrived @ X. Enough about me, let's talk about airplanes.

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

That's a funny story. @PanAmMuseum

[John T. @JGTowns01061951]

@MCCCANM Totally unrelated. The picture reminds me of a story when a friend's wife came to pick him up at the Rhein Main pax terminal. She was a Pan Am 1st officer in uniform. As she walked by an AF O-6 he asked if the Navy didn't salute. She said the USN might but Pan Am pilots didn't.

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

Lovely gesture. May she sparkle in heaven.

[Empire State Building Observation Deck @EmpireStateBldg]

Tonight, the Empire State Building tower lights will turn to a pink sparkle at 9:25 to honor the late Dolly Parton.

Dolly was a global cultural icon whose seven-decade career reached generations of fans. Beyond entertainment, Dolly leaves a significant philanthropic legacy through the Dollywood Foundation and Imagination Library, which has provided hundreds of millions of books to children worldwide.

At Nine-Two-Five tonight, we celebrate her and her legacy 💖

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

@nytimesarts While comprehensive, #Freefall on
@netflix fails to include deady events on flawed
@boeing airliners long before McDonnell Douglas and
@boeing merged. The lies and shortcuts go back to the 60s. https://t.co/jyNf5Mjk0D

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

@USATODAY While comprehensive, #Freefall on
@netflix fails to include deady events on flawed
@boeing airliners long before McDonnell Douglas and
@boeing merged. The lies and shortcuts go back to the 60s. https://t.co/jyNf5Mjk0D

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

@thenewarea51 Ah, yes. In 2017 a New Zealand tourist was tossed to her death by jet blast at St. Maarten. Made my top stories for the year. https://t.co/xK6HwHqHSV

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

@WSJ While comprehensive, #Freefall on @netflix fails to include deady events on flawed @boeing airliners long before McDonnell Douglas and @boeing merged. The lies and shortcuts go back to the 60s. https://t.co/jyNf5Mjk0D

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

@Ale_Savina Appalling.

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

I don't understand it either. But thank goodness some people don't know the wonders out there, or we'd never get a window seat.

[Ryan @RyeSammy43]

What’s up with everyone keeping their window shades fully closed on flights now? It’s so weird.

Does nobody want to see sunsets, mountains or canyons from above, or the city as we depart?

I don’t get it

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

@AdamCogan @RubyCogan Congratulations Ruby.

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

@hbaskas @StuckatAirport @ HarperCollins @penguinusa https://t.co/DZVxLmL5Fu

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

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[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

@jpr747 Yep, I know what you mean. By the time I started in aviation, the L-1011s were already gone. 😢 To see the Queens, got to go to Japan or Germany. The A380 is so meh.

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

@jpr747 Good for you. Hope you saw some good airplanes.

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

A perfect "end of summer" reflection by author Maura Casey. https://t.co/FDbOVEW9kq

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

@jpr747 Nice!

[KC-10 Driver ✈️ 👨‍✈️ B-737 Wrangler @MCCCANM]

Notice the little “channels” in the runway – the lines across it.

These are “Grooves” & they help move water off the runway. Not all runways have them, but premium runways are both “grooved” & “crowned”….crowned means the center of the runway (width-wise) is slightly higher than the edges. In even heavy rain, the water flows off of it.

My airline doesn’t give us a separate braking distance allowance for grooved & crowned, but we did take it into account on the KC-10. A grooved & crowned runway in the rain can have nearly the same braking action as a dry runway.

The material used for the runway makes a difference, too, but at the airline they don’t bother differentiating. There aren’t many crushed coral runways left, but they were very good about draining water. In Vegas, you won’t find asphalt – with the heat & weight of the jet, it gets soft & we sink into it. The first 3,000’ of runways is generally concrete, and it’s much deeper than the rest of the runway, because it has to absorb the impact of landing. The rest of the runway can be less rugged.

You’ll also see grooves on some highways. Same purpose, but I don’t think the highways are crowned.

[Breaking Aviation News & Videos @aviationbrk]

WATCH: New footage shows the moment local authorities encountered the pilot who had ejected from his F-18 before it crashed into a mountainside in Washington state earlier this summer.

The F/A-18 Hornet slammed into a mountainside on June 13, in the area of Rimrock Lake, about 55 miles southeast of Seattle, sending a plume of black smoke into the air and igniting a wildfire.

The pilot assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, in Miramar, California, is seen with his face bloodied and appearing a little shaken up in the body camera footage released Friday by the Yakima County Sheriff's Office.

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

#787 Dreamliner malfunction on or before takeoff @MUC_Airport brake lock up reported & tail strike at rotation https://t.co/4oEDNHma9P

[Christine Negroni @Negroniwriter]

Reach out and ask, 100 free listens of my new audiobook, Deadly Departure. Go to https://t.co/jHtMTtnqUb and email me for the @spotify code. https://t.co/g9i9ZRVnVJ