The second session by Avembsys was most interesting with awesome videos which we was seeing for the first time.And the TCAS instrument was very interesting.The field investigation of the air crashes is so interesting and am really happy that am part of it.
The theme for the second session was 'ALMOST RIGHT IS 100%WRONG' which is a very important phrase that should be followed by everyone in the aerospace industry.
The class started with the discussion on our blogs regarding the mistakes we made and we didnt take much serious about the grammer but we never expected our blogs being read thoroughly and the mistakes to be pointed out so well,which made us improve our grammer thanks to our SME.
After that we were shown the importance of 'QUALITY CONTROL AND RELIABILITY' and its how it plays a major part in aerospace. After which the basics of embedded systems were discussed and a video was shown in which we were asked to identify different embedded systems that came up it. I was able to identify 6 systems.Then our SME discussed about various 'MISSILES' that are used in aircraft's.And although I knew about the heat seeker missiles, the working of LASER guided systems were relatively new to me and it was intriguing.And the counter measures taken for its avoidance was really interesting.
Then came the most interesting part of the session that is the aeroplanes! We were shown the 10 most dangerous landings after being told about the various hindrances that come across while landing during wind and strategies to overcome it. Even though I have closely witnessed many landings but crab approach was a completely new technique to me.We were then shown a video where a Boeing 747 missed the approach and performed TODA before landing safely.
Later we were shown the simulation video of US Airways 1549 that faced the critical situation due to which it had to land in the Hudson river, and its definitely a brilliant landing by the pilot which was awesome and the pilot saved lots of lives.We then saw 2 videos on the mid air collisions, the one without TCAS system and another with TCAS system. I was actually more curious with the collision that took place with the TCAS system as what my thoughts is that, if two planes, carrying TCAS systems does not communicate with each other, and if both the systems order the pilot to descend (or ascend), it would also result in a collision!..
Avembsys class is going on very interestingly and we are egarly waiting for the next session.....Have a nice day guys........