Qatar A380 - Cutting patterns around MELBOURNE Bay and Southern suburbs

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8th Feb 2020, 11:20

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PaulDamian

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Qatar A380 - Cutting patterns around MELBOURNE Bay and Southern suburbs

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

8th Feb 2020, 11:22

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Capn Bloggs

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Sowing lessons before heading off?

8th Feb 2020, 11:28

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Alexander Scutt

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

8th Feb 2020, 11:28

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Alexander Scutt

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He is dumping fuel.

8th Feb 2020, 11:33

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Sunfish

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

8th Feb 2020, 11:35

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Dr Smith

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Fuel dump occurring.

8th Feb 2020, 11:36

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Break Right

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Landing gear problem.

8th Feb 2020, 12:41

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ve3id

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Seems to be turning for approach now

8th Feb 2020, 12:59

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Alexander Scutt

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Yes, he is on finals now.

8th Feb 2020, 21:41

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Double_Clutch

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Awesome, thank goodness this is a spotters page!

9th Feb 2020, 07:43

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Weapons Grade

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

9th Feb 2020, 08:51

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Capn Bloggs

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

9th Feb 2020, 10:47

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L-Plater

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Taxing now for departure. Hopefully all is good.

9th Feb 2020, 11:29

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sunnySA

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Quote:

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.

9th Feb 2020, 19:49

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Led Zeppelin

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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??

10th Feb 2020, 07:10

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ACMS

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Did all the dumping at 9,000’

11th Feb 2020, 02:48

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vee1-rotate

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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.

11th Feb 2020, 03:21

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Left 270

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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.

11th Feb 2020, 10:25

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Eclan

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Quote:

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.