Originally Posted by
WHBM
It was actually a midweek midday sub for a DC9 schedule. I had done a TWA 747 LAX-LHR, and connected to a departure at about 1430 on to Teesside.
Wouldn't expect to use 05 instead of 23 in a howling southerly gale.
do you recall that year>? that would be BD336 at 1425 - the quietest flight of the day
Re the fastest Viscount flight from LHR to MME
taking off on 09L to arrive runway 05
accepted the crosswind and could be that the winds at MME were not so strong on the straight in landing?
I was on duty I think but I don't recall the year (late 70's or early 80's) otherwise we could look at the actual Metars & TAF's