Any word on the date of this yet .. or has it all gone by the wayside

I worked in a 737-800 Sim for a while, and when there was some free time, we used to see where we could put it down..

YMMB was pretty interesting..

Shepparton was pretty straightforward at 3760 feet(1146M) and is pretty close to Jandakot length....

We even used to have a crack at St Baarts where this bit of madness occured.The words GO AROUND come to mind..We used to come at it from the other end and you had one shot only..:\

Would like to watch it go at Jandakot tho....Where would they park it?

Since Jandakot has a pavement limit of 21,000 kg I doubt this could ever happen even if it was long enough.

There is the minor matter of getting the aeroplane airworthy again. Plus a few regulatory exemptions which are needed such as strip width. Often, pavement strength is not an issue if the operator agrees to underwrite the cost of any damage caused. Nothing money couldn't fix.

I have heard along the grape vine that it has been cancelled due to Casa and the FAA saying the aircraft are not airworthy.

that's nothing compared to this...
YouTube - Boeing 747 SP retirement landing at Rand Airport

It is go on Saturday next

Geez what a pessimistic p***k you are, just what the industry needs more of. You're right of course, they shouldn't waste money on training aids of this type, in fact why not sell all the training aids so they can buy more slates and chalk for the students to use.

Thanks Pete

The fact is I was a swan tafe student once doing Aero skills training and then moved to Queensland. There is no doubt that WA TAFE needs more training facilities as the East coast training is miles ahead. Take Aviation Australia for example.

Sorry but they missed the boat in terms of timing, they are a good 10 years too late. The staff there can’t provide for a course of 15 let alone 200 like AA.

Sorry to be pessimistic but it’s just my first hand experience of this organisation.

I just saw the aircraft parked at the grass patch along twy A at YPJT today... Did anyone see how it landed and taxied? I wonder how it managed to taxi without hitting anything!

Anyone have any pics? or Youtube footage of the landing then?

It landed at approximately 0710 this morning. Polytechnic were alerted to the fact it was happening today when it became airbourne at YPPH. Five mins later it was on the ground. Done under FAA rego with FAA crew.

There might be some footage of it, but given the lack of notice to anyone at all I doubt it will get onto youtube. But hey you never know. Probably some lucky sod with a phone was about :ok:

The crew taxied it unguided and parked it in front of the hangar. It was subsequently pushed to the limestone parking area by polytechnic staff. Not a bad effort given the proximity of aircraft to the taxiways.

Yep definately one less statue on the eastern tarmac:eek:

Most of the watching punters wouldn't have a clue whether it was an impressive short landing run or not - although they would have loved the sound of max reverse thrust. Cynics such as this writer when observing such a display by the 767 pilot, would have thought what a cowboy for risking a brake fire and costing Ansett that much more money for brake and tyre wear which that company could later on, ill-afford...

Trust me the punters were impressed. :ok:

Probably more impressive was the fact that it looked effortless.

As for costing Ansett lots ??? Pretty academic now, wouldn't you say ?

Video Here. I new someone would get it.

YouTube - 727 Jandakot

Awesome Vid:ok:

Nice Video.

When on the 777-200/300 occasionally when landing on RWY 25R in VHHH I used to exit at A7 high speed ( a 135 deg left turn, and one subject to no conflicting traffic coming down taxyway A )
Naturally I briefed the FO and did it only in appropriate conditions and we advised ATC.

That's a total distance of 4600' from the displaced threshold and a ground roll of only 3,100'

Truth is it wasn't too hard, fly an accurate approach, a nice little flare at 20', normal touchdown and moderate ( not heavy at all ) Braking...........simple.
The Pax wouldn't have even noticed.

You had to be careful making the turn and watch the groundspeed though!!

It just goes to show what a big Jet can do if you try.

737 landing at Jandakot
 

It was not any problem at all landing Jandakot...could have had the aircraft stopped in half the runway distance. For the approvals we had to have engineering study show that there would be no undue stress on the runway from this operation. Insurance was obtained to cover any damage if the engineering was wrong. The airplane was in perfect flying condition and one of the best equipped -200 series I have flown.

A 717 has been observed to land on 31 at Ayers Rock and exit the runway at taxiway Alpha. 1000m. :D

The QF NG drivers following were, I believe, most complementary. :ok: