View Full Version : How was your "Blustery" day?????
Captain Numpty
1st Feb 2002, 22:21
Just been watching the 18.00hrs BBC News, which showed one of MOL's 737-200's all over the place on final into Leeds Bradford. It then showed a corporate almost losing it - "Wing down" big time.....with the commentator saying "And this private Jet nearly didn't make it"......
Regardless of the latter, I admire the skill of those involved......for I wouldn't have fancied it!
Suffice to say, what conditions have you encountered today?????
C.N.
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Just saw the corporate jet at the end of the Six O'Clock news......that was very close, the left hand wing appears to touch the runway.
ejector seat
1st Feb 2002, 22:57
Saw some interesting go-arounds and landings at LCY yesterday, in very gusty winds. I was glad to be on the ground...
It was a bit windy out - the 19018G30KT TAF for EGHI seems a bit of an underestimate from where I'm sitting...
Highly entertaining landing at EGGW, wind all over the shop, gusts up to 45kts. Funny though, managed to grease it on in the right place :)
Bigpants
1st Feb 2002, 23:30
A Hard day at the office and my underwear resembles the touchdown zone...covered in skid marks!
daidalos
1st Feb 2002, 23:50
EGGW . .That's the whole point, isn't it?. .I mean that's why we're paid and that's the satisfaction at the end of the day :-). .That's why we like flying <img src="smile.gif" border="0">
Arkroyal
1st Feb 2002, 23:57
I was lucky enough only to be involved as a passenger, returning to LHR on VS 020. A splendid job was done although I couldn't tell from my cattle stall which runway. On the way home, I noticed 22 in use. <img src="eek.gif" border="0">
crewrest
2nd Feb 2002, 00:06
RW22?
say edding
2nd Feb 2002, 00:09
Arkroyal, . . Spare a thought for the guys up at BHX battling with a 33/15 runway.. .Tell me guys, what does your ops manual say these days with regard to taking the gusts into consideration on an approach close to crosswind limits?
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Whipping Boy's SATCO
2nd Feb 2002, 00:11
Yeah, RW 22. that's when you land on 23 with a little bit of drift from the right. Joking aside, having watched LHR spend at least half the day on 23, I have to take my hat off to those concerned. One minor comment; can the captain of the VSB Classic who had half a look at EGWU please make sure he is lined-up on the correct RW next time?
Deadleg
2nd Feb 2002, 00:14
BA CitiExpress-yes must count the gust!. .Not flying today was on Monday though-gusting 60 kt straight down the strip in NCL. Any worse today?
U R NumberOne
2nd Feb 2002, 00:33
My head's still spinning from spending the day fitting fixed wings going downwind at 400kts groundspeed in with helis on the ILS at 60kts G/S.
The 3000' wind of 220/82 largely accounted for my lousy closing headings <img src="eek.gif" border="0">
malanda
2nd Feb 2002, 00:45
Regarding the wing-down at LBA, they had some more on the local news. They interviewed the pilot but it wasn't very enlightening as he didn't seem to have a very good grasp of English. However he did say the plane had "lost some paint" but was still airworthy.
Data Dad
2nd Feb 2002, 00:46
No 1, should have been doing it on Monday - 3000ft wind was 250 @ 105! Whats a closing heading? Turn right and the ILS is over there... sorreee, behind you :) :) :)
Electric Sky
2nd Feb 2002, 01:06
Fairly chaotic today. DUB was at a standstill this morning and with LHR using RWY23 this afternoon ATC slot delays inbound were up to 5 hours!! Not what the chaps at Swanwick needed .. but well done to all concerned.
ES <img src="wink.gif" border="0">
Arkroyal
2nd Feb 2002, 02:10
Err... Well last time I used it it was 22! <img src="confused.gif" border="0"> Too long away on holiday, but fighting the car along the M40 was bad enough. Hats off to all concerned.
Nigel PAX
2nd Feb 2002, 03:51
Well it was a new experience for me as a passenger to land on runway 23 at LHR (in hundreds of flights). Not sure it was worth the three hour delay, though, but got a taste of the impressive reverse thrust on a 737NG. Stopped well before getting to the southern runway.
purple haze
2nd Feb 2002, 04:48
no wonder,
i was in southall today, and some amazing sights of a/c coming into land in some very strong winds.
wht was rwy 23 used? and how would that make a difference?
cheers
Rollingthunder
2nd Feb 2002, 06:34
I'm inbound LHR on the 4th around 11:20 local.. .Please clean this stuff up.. .Who is the PPRuNe wind god?