Your Favourite airliner ?
29 January 2006, 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Leslie
VC10, one of the things I liked was the badge on the control column which said "Vickers Supermarine" Lovely plane to fly with outstanding handling.
I was lucky enough to fly the 747-400 simulater at Cranebank. That was also very nice to fly and the bent beam approach into Kai Tak's southerly runway was very easy to cope with.
Les
I was lucky enough to fly the 747-400 simulater at Cranebank. That was also very nice to fly and the bent beam approach into Kai Tak's southerly runway was very easy to cope with.
Les
http://www.rapp.org/archives/2004/09..._crash_videos/
it dosent crash btw,
why such an odd approach sideslipping like that??
did or have any got scuffed wingtips??
i take my hats of to the pilots, superb flying skills
Mart
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29 January 2006, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Rannoch
Anyone been on a 777 yet?
To date - top deck on a 747-400 has been my favourite place to be
To date - top deck on a 747-400 has been my favourite place to be
we did egypt, princess class on egypt air back in 2000 very nice
wings flex a bit though
economy coming back, but still comfortable
and then out to the us of a in 2004 again 777 both ways, not so comfortable in the middle section this time, more like a standard airbus (hm)
must get upgraded again
Mart
31 January 2006, 01:15 PM
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Mart,
I have landed on that runway a good few times with the VC 10. That approach on the video ended up like that because they must have turned late with no allowance for the crosswing from the right. They wound up left of centre with drift to the left. In all honesty they should have gone around and made another approach, they were extremely lucky if they got away with that landing anyway.
If the final turn was done correctly, the landing was not that difficult even with a strong crosswind. I would have been "strung up" by my bosses if I had continued to attempt to land off that one especially with passengers on board.
Les
I have landed on that runway a good few times with the VC 10. That approach on the video ended up like that because they must have turned late with no allowance for the crosswing from the right. They wound up left of centre with drift to the left. In all honesty they should have gone around and made another approach, they were extremely lucky if they got away with that landing anyway.
If the final turn was done correctly, the landing was not that difficult even with a strong crosswind. I would have been "strung up" by my bosses if I had continued to attempt to land off that one especially with passengers on board.
Les
31 January 2006, 01:28 PM
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If it's the Korean Air 747, I believe that the pilot received an official bollocking for that and the aircraft suffered over $1M damage - massively overstressed undercarriage and the bottom of one of the engine cowlings struck the ground as well...
No passengers, though - it's a cargo flight.
Les, thanks for keeping providing me with reasons to believe that helicopters are so much better
SB
No passengers, though - it's a cargo flight.
Les, thanks for keeping providing me with reasons to believe that helicopters are so much better
SB
01 February 2006, 03:15 PM
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Ha ha Simon, well i did enjoy the bit of "hicopleter" flying that i did do.
Thought I would remind you of that official amendment about Helicopters in the RAF Manual of How to Fly which got misspelt and never forgotten afterwards.
Les
Thought I would remind you of that official amendment about Helicopters in the RAF Manual of How to Fly which got misspelt and never forgotten afterwards.
Les
01 February 2006, 04:13 PM
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Got to be Concorde
Once happened to be in the long-stay carpark just after dusk as she took off - all the car alarms were set off, and seeing her blast away over the M25 with afterburners alight truly brought a lump to my throat.
Once happened to be in the long-stay carpark just after dusk as she took off - all the car alarms were set off, and seeing her blast away over the M25 with afterburners alight truly brought a lump to my throat.
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