Qatar A380 - Cutting patterns around MELBOURNE Bay and Southern suburbs

[PaulDamian]

Why is Qatar A380 #905 cutting patterns over the Melbourne bay and SE suburbs at 5800ft???

[Capn Bloggs]

Sowing lessons before heading off?

[Alexander Scutt]

He is dumping fuel and has been circling our area for the last 45 or so.

[Alexander Scutt]

He is dumping fuel.

[Sunfish]

Hope it’s just a minor glitch. Pilot left their headlights on.

[Dr Smith]

Fuel dump occurring.

[Break Right]

Landing gear problem.

[ve3id]

Seems to be turning for approach now

[Alexander Scutt]

Yes, he is on finals now.

[Double_Clutch]

Awesome, thank goodness this is a spotters page!

[Weapons Grade]

Grammar: "sewing" lessons, unless you need a lesson in throwing seeds into a sown field.

[Capn Bloggs]

Oops, yer right, WG. When I move form "Spotter" to "Pro" my spelling will improve.

[L-Plater]

Taxing now for departure. Hopefully all is good.

[sunnySA]

Originally Posted by PaulDamian

Why is Qatar A380 #905 cutting patterns over the Melbourne bay and SE suburbs at 5800ft???

5800ft seems to be a better height than DAL89.

[Led Zeppelin]

Taxing now for departure. Hopefully all is good.

That's great for the SLF - wonder if it was the original flight crew. If so, what sort of duty time will they complete when they sign off in Doha??

[ACMS]

Did all the dumping at 9,000’

[vee1-rotate]

Originally Posted by Double_Clutch

Awesome, thank goodness this is a spotters page!

Came here to say this. Honestly thought I had typed the website wrong, with the type of posts on here lately.

[Left 270]

Originally Posted by vee1-rotate

Came here to say this. Honestly thought I had typed the website wrong, with the type of posts on here lately.

Somebody let the Facebook kids on the big boys page.

[Eclan]

Originally Posted by Alexander Scutt

He is dumping fuel and has been circling our area for the last 45 or so.

In fact he was conducting a "fuel jettison," just as described in the manual.
A "dump" is something the less couth conduct the morning after a steak and a few pints.
By the way, he wasn't on "finals", he was on final. Do you also fly "bases" or "downwinds"? There's only one final approach per runway.
There you go, now you know the proper terminology.

[maggot]

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