Arbey8
17th Mar 2004, 01:03
During the latest of my random expeditions i witnessed the departure vh-tch at yswg. the aircraft was bound for sweden via port headland with extra bladder tanks in the back for the long nature of the legs. after watching the departure from rwy 23 i commented on the relatively long take-off distance in comparison with the previous saab which departed for sydney about half an hour before hand. one of the maintenance crew from rex said that it was right up on mtow.
so i thought no worries, off they go on their 8 hour leg while i retire for a couple of fresh stubbies (to my suprise they were the ones still with the vb cricket trivia on them, you beauty!). but to our suprise the same aircraft shows up around 10 minutes later, shuts down the left engine and the 'FO' hops out.
'whats happened mate?'
'nothing major, just forgot the coffee'
now, this brings a few matters to hand, maybe some of the rex lads could help us out:
1, how much would the cost of taxiing out taking off (to about 4000 ft) and coming back in a 340 cost?
2, How much over the max landing weight would they have been?
3, Could the coffee have really been that good?
so i thought no worries, off they go on their 8 hour leg while i retire for a couple of fresh stubbies (to my suprise they were the ones still with the vb cricket trivia on them, you beauty!). but to our suprise the same aircraft shows up around 10 minutes later, shuts down the left engine and the 'FO' hops out.
'whats happened mate?'
'nothing major, just forgot the coffee'
now, this brings a few matters to hand, maybe some of the rex lads could help us out:
1, how much would the cost of taxiing out taking off (to about 4000 ft) and coming back in a 340 cost?
2, How much over the max landing weight would they have been?
3, Could the coffee have really been that good?