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Just watching Air Force One coming into Andrews on CNN. It's doing a spiral approach. Is that SOP for AF1?
Ozzy
Jerricho
8th Jul 2005, 20:44
When it flew into Heathrow 2 years ago it was sequenced (with a bit of a gap ahead and behind and on the other parallel runway) in on the ILS with the other traffic.
Didn't have to hold either ;)
Sparkle
8th Jul 2005, 20:51
was nr 2 to AF1 into TXL, when they switched off the ILS w/o warning! That was the fastest NDB-approach brief I've ever given!
anyway: Never seen a 74 spiral, though:confused:
must have been cool for Dubya;)
anyway: Never seen a 74 spiral, though It was quite the sight! I was thinking he'd better have finished his diet coke...
Ozzy
Jordan D
8th Jul 2005, 22:49
He made a quick trip back home .... anyone have any photos of AF1 etc at Prestwick?
Jordan
Jerricho
9th Jul 2005, 02:56
Jordan, have you tried that other site that should never be mentioned here.
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
9th Jul 2005, 06:48
<<When it flew into Heathrow 2 years ago it was sequenced (with a bit of a gap ahead and behind and on the other parallel runway) in on the ILS with the other traffic.>>
It's usually a bit more of a "gap" ahead and behind as US security takes over half the airfield and carrrries out it's own runway inspection before AF1 lands! A colleague of mine had the dubious privilege of sending AF1 round when the inspection team had not reported clear of the runway!
kpiko3
9th Jul 2005, 09:51
http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=358724
http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=358731
http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=358032
kpiko3
Jordan D
9th Jul 2005, 22:09
Jerricho - PM me which site you mean
kpiko3 - many thanks.
Jordan
PAXboy
10th Jul 2005, 21:42
Thanks for the link to pics. Their paint scheme is proably the ugliest on the planet.
crossfire
10th Jul 2005, 23:08
Ladies and Gentlemen,
While we are on the subject of Air Force One at LHR...
Some lucky person managed to catch a well-known PPruner expertly directing Dubya into LHR when he last visited:
In all it's glory: MP3 or WAV format (http://www.FL400.com/RT)
Poor pilot sounds a bit out of his depth... probably used to having "the skies cleared" for him :sad:
ayrprox
11th Jul 2005, 10:26
have to agree with MJ on this, sounded like a perfectly ok arrival r/t wise to me.
Jerricho
12th Jul 2005, 01:30
Hey............that's me!!!!
Crossfire, where in the hell did you get that from????? Thank you.
crossfire
12th Jul 2005, 09:34
Not really, he asks a few questions that most pilots would probably ask at a busy international airport that they were not familiar with!
You're right.. Sorry.. I was in a :mad: mood.
Hey............that's me!!!!
I worked that out from another discussion we had at the time. I didn't want to name you directly, but since you have admitted it I guess it's cool... nice work!
The news said AF1 was 'on final approach' so I quickly hooked up the micro tape recorder hit record and hoped for the best, thats why it's not as good as the Concorde recording - didn't get as much time to play with the levels and the squelch.
PPRuNe Radar
12th Jul 2005, 13:05
Mmmm, not sure if we can allow links to illegal recordings ... even if it does feature Jerricho.
Onan the Clumsy
12th Jul 2005, 17:03
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It's doing a spiral approach Technically, that would be a helical approach, perhaps with a spiral modification.
Helix: a uniform path around the surface of a cylinder traced at an angle to the longditudinal axis of the cylinder
Spiral: a circular shape with an ever decreasing radius of curvature described in a two dimensional plane
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