That 32 Squadron HS.125 damaged by hail-storm at Kandahar, Afghanistan...
Early days of the TriShaw at Brize were indeed 'interesting'....
- The 'autoland' which could be felt in the 101 Sqn SEngO's office.... The resulting fuel leak which fell like kerosene rain over a welder in a nearby industrial estate, who wisely stopped what he was doing. The spar crack was astonishing.
- The massive engine surge when some bright spark was doing IR checks for a ba TriStar trip to Jordan with The Queen and pushed the throttles up to max..... The loud bang stopped conversation during tea in the Officers' Mess (that's 'tea' in the proper sense, not 't northerrrn werrrd for dinnerrr); a few 216 people legged it to the nearest phone.
- The held-in CB and subsequent damage when the circuit acted as a fuse for the CB.
- The PanAm jet which arrived and sat there for months and months while someone worked out what the hell to do with it.
Not an auspicious start.....
- The 'autoland' which could be felt in the 101 Sqn SEngO's office.... The resulting fuel leak which fell like kerosene rain over a welder in a nearby industrial estate, who wisely stopped what he was doing. The spar crack was astonishing.
- The massive engine surge when some bright spark was doing IR checks for a ba TriStar trip to Jordan with The Queen and pushed the throttles up to max..... The loud bang stopped conversation during tea in the Officers' Mess (that's 'tea' in the proper sense, not 't northerrrn werrrd for dinnerrr); a few 216 people legged it to the nearest phone.
- The held-in CB and subsequent damage when the circuit acted as a fuse for the CB.
- The PanAm jet which arrived and sat there for months and months while someone worked out what the hell to do with it.
Not an auspicious start.....
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Smudge I seem to remember we could gag an engine on a Ten and carry pax, but I think Maggie came back on one from the States that shut another down, after that we couldn't do 3 engined ferries with Pax..
Hence the she left on a Ten, departed on a Trident and landed in a 1-11.
Yep Beagle, that and none of them had any commonality either, which made life interesting for 216... Ohh and the sliced full size freight containers that could go through a pax door.
Hence the she left on a Ten, departed on a Trident and landed in a 1-11.
Yep Beagle, that and none of them had any commonality either, which made life interesting for 216... Ohh and the sliced full size freight containers that could go through a pax door.
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that's 'tea' in the proper sense, not 't northerrrn werrrd for dinnerrr
216 planted a TriStar. Made a hell of a mess. Blokes all walked away by the skin of their teeth, lessons learned.
Engineer gets caught out doing using his experience. Experience added to.
Aircraft stays at airfield for long time.
Forgive this dull Cheshire Yeoman, but I'm struggling here.
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Aircraft stays at airfield for long time
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The aircraft in question is at Marshall Aviation Services Limited in Hawarden being completely stripped and scrapped.
It was deemed to be too costly to repair the aircraft to be put it back into service as the tools and parts needed for the aircraft are no longer produced.
The skin of the aircraft is a wreck; This being on the top of the main fuselage, wings, horizontal stabilizer and on top of the engines.
So unfortunately, the aircraft is a write off.
It was deemed to be too costly to repair the aircraft to be put it back into service as the tools and parts needed for the aircraft are no longer produced.
The skin of the aircraft is a wreck; This being on the top of the main fuselage, wings, horizontal stabilizer and on top of the engines.
So unfortunately, the aircraft is a write off.
