Holding Question

[The Zenith]

There is an aircraft that has been in a holding pattern near Yarrowee, for some time at low altitude. He would have to be burning a lot fuel at that rate wouldn't he?

[wishiwasupthere]

Looks like a Global Express on flightaware going from EN to the Maldives. Maybe a problem after takeoff and they need to get below max landing weight to return? Can a GLEX dump fuel?

[Beef Noodle]

Looks like it's back on the way to YMML.

http://i.imgur.com/ubcA3NX.jpg

[Amiri01]

No, a Global cannot dump fuel.

I hope he had a 50 knot tailwind at his present altitude. Either that or an instruction to maintain high speed...

[Ixixly]

Could it be this one?

Communications relay testbed Gulfstream arrives in Australia | Australian Aviation (http://australianaviation.com.au/2016/03/communications-relay-testbed-gulfstream-arrives-in-australia/)

Might show up on the system still as a GLEX instead of its Military Designation, and that aircraft was last headed to Melbourne too. Could have been up doing some kind of testing.

[onehitwonder]

Ixixly - no, thats a G3.

[RENURPP]

I hope he had a 50 knot tailwind at his present altitude. Either that or an instruction to maintain high speed...

Why?......

[Amiri01]

Erm, brain fart! 15 years of not flying in Australia and being used to max 250kias below 10,000' pretty well everywhere I go now... I now recall that last time I flew in Oz, that restriction was only OCTA, so my mistake...

[RENURPP]

That wasn't my point.
250 IAS = what TAS? assuming zero to light winds.
or
302TAS = ? IAS again assuming light winds where TAS = GS