A318 lands at London City for first time

[blousky]

Anyone seen the Airbus 318 doing touch and go's in London city this morning ?

[Ed666]

Photos have just appeared on FI homepage...

[AlanM]

Some for you.....

F-WWIA c/n 001 for those who want to know.

2x Touch and Goes and 1x Full stop.

http://www.pbase.com/kbmphotography/image/60108462/large.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/kbmphotography/image/60108461/large.jpg

[MidlandDan]

So is the A318 the only airliner certified to operate at LCY other than the RJ85s? are there any weight restrictions on the A318 at LCY?

:)

[Algy]

Very nice pix here. (http://shortlinks.co.uk/b8)

[Talk Wrench]

Superb Pix.


Can the other threads be merged?


Talk Wrench

[Huck]

[T]his steeper slope would cause most jet aircraft to arrive over the runway too fast to land.


Wha???? .......

[Oshkosh George]

The A318 is not yet approved,that is the reason for the trials.
A list of all aircraft cleared for scheduled operation is here----

http://www.lcacc.org/aircraft/index.html#Other

[chiglet]

The Performance figures make interesting reading.......Long Range Cruise alt 35000m and max alt at 3900m and I thought that it only had jet engines :confused:
watp,iktch

[AlanM]

A few more for you...

http://www.pbase.com/kbmphotography/image/60120876.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/kbmphotography/image/60120882.jpg
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[Tandemrotor]

Just interested to know if it ever actually shut down on the apron?

(The approach may not be the only barrier to it's operation into LCY.)

[panda-k-bear]

Yes it did. It taxied to the alpha exit, then little further. It then shut down and was a tug pushed it, tail in, next to the fire station where it sat for about an hour or so. From my vantage point I saw lots of people milling about it, presumably Airbus bods with the LCY people and the CAA judging by the Flight report. Lots of them disappeared on board and didn't reappear so I guess went back to TLS with the aircraft.

[HZ123]

More to the point who owns the b-----y great yacht in the background?

[Hand Solo]

Sorry I'd have moved it if I'd known it was getting in the way. More to the point, aren't there problems with the size of the 318 at LCY, vis a vis if you park it nose in to the terminal then because of its height the tail infringes the required runway clearance?

[Globaliser]

More to the point who owns the b-----y great yacht in the background?It's a hotel (http://www.sunbornhotels.com/english/index.html).

[JC Ops]

The Touch N Go's were very impressive! Certainly a pleasant wake up call :D

[Ace Rimmer]

If anyone is interested there's an article about steep approaches in the A318 in the April edition of IFALPA News - which you can find on the IFALPA website...

http://www.ifalpa.org/if_news/IFALPANews06NWS011.pdf

edited to add link

[apaddyinuk]

I was about to write a posting claiming that the author of this thread must be on some mad smack until I realised it was about the A318 and not the other airbus in the news at the mo the A380!!! Man I should not log onto this thing when I have just woken up!:rolleyes:

[Globaliser]

An A380 at LCY? Man, I would pay good money to see that! :D

[Windy Militant]

Awww that's so Cute! I often wondered what happened to Jimbo Jet when his TV series ended. Now I know. ;)

[Ronaldsway Radar]

Ooo they caught an EMX DH8C in the background of one picture too! Great!

RR

[White Knight]

Midland Dan - the slightly larger RJ100 is certified to operate LCY, not just the RJ85;)

[zoink]

Nice pics ALANM!!!!