Death Cruiser Flight Crew
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Vaucluse, France.
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They used to supply specially cold fuel to the Comet at Nairobi. The only problem being that in the event of a delay, the stuff then expanded in the hot East African sun and came out the vent pipes all over the ramp!
For one brief, glorious period, I was 'Speedbird Moscow.' My sole purpose was to do the Trans-Siberian flight planning for BA861, the Tokyo-bound and sole* 707 (G-AWHU) which plied the route. As the temperatures plummetted with the onset of winter, we found we could get an extra 1000kg in the 'full tanks' uplift which was invariably necessary.
*G-AWHU was ex Saturn Airways, and an oddball, in that it had a different flight system from the rest of the 707s and it had a different passenger cabin configuration.
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