Cool video of a Southwest jet having WiFi installed

[XR650R]

http://youtu.be/2WMuxEJraPc

 

[jonjuan]

Neat-all that just to surf porn at 350.

 

[scoreboardII]

Nothing says quality paint job like a good roller brush paint job.

 

[ATRCAPT]

Neat, now if it just worked...

 

[GhettoBeechjet]

It doesn't show the part where they put the INOP sticker on. Isn't that part of the installation?

 

[CA1900]

Cool video!

Neat-all that just to surf porn at 350.

That internet connection is way too slow for porn. :laugh:

The price is nice, but it's much slower than GoGo. Get what you pay for I guess.

 

[airplane wizard]

Why do they have to jack the plane up to do that?

Is the dome a magnet for ice?

 

[flythere]

is it down a lot?

So, go to 1:37 seconds before they put the dome on top. Is that little white blade antenna the only thing under the dome? Or is there something else under there? I assumed the dome was for aerodynamics, if that little white blade antenna is all there is, couldn't they just go with it?

 

[ALSF 2]

The only part of the video I really wanted to see was the antenna assembly under that dome! From the mechanics I talk to there is quite a few servos and stuff under there. It always focusing the antenna southerly for the strongest signal.

Yes, there had been a few problems with parts and reliability when they first started spooling them up, but 95% of the planes that I've flown in the past six months have had them working.

I believe they jack the plane up so that it's perfectly straight and without vibrations when they install those rivets and plates directly onto the skin of the aircraft.

Cheers!

 

[CaptWidgeon]

i was guessing they jack it up for a new weight & balance.