Straight down the runway...
 

Well almost... it might be just a few degrees off runway 17...

METAR EGPL 111720Z AUTO 18057G79KT 1700 -SHRA FEW012 BKN016 06/05 Q0960=

:uhoh:

Seems the breeze has got up a bit since then:

METAR EGPL 111820Z AUTO 20064G86KT 1600 -RA SCT010 SCT014 06/04 Q0961 RERA=

I'm not checked out on anything that can even taxi in those conditions, never mind fly.

The nearest was the Bulldog, with a taxi component of 50kts, but turn into those winds with the "inter" flaps set and you'd be flying!

Went flying for an hour this morning and the QNH fell 4 millibars (990 to 986). It is now about 960

Surely these conditions warrant a SPECI?

Are SPECIs unique to Australia?

SPECIs are done if elements of the report change by a predefined amount before the next routine observation is done.

If not much is changing then there's no need for a SPECI.

EGPL is closed from about 4pm so the Metar is AUTO and therefore no SPECI would be published unless it were to open for an air ambulance or SAR flight. Hope they have a quiet night!

10 seconds on Google or checking the online AIP entry reveals it's Benbecula... which is [i]near[/] to the Isle of Skye which is near the surely if you can use PPRuNe you can do that!?

Andy ;)

Benbecula... Isle of Skye

No, I do not think so!!!

Try again

Rod1

Last Saturday, the wind at Blackpool was something like 27040G58. I was tucked up in my nice cosy office, not having dared even opened the hangar doors.

We heard the RyanAir flight from Dublin land - a little surprising, given the wind. So we switched on the scanner to listen to him heading back to Ireland.

"RyanAir 925, cleared for take-off, runway 28, the wind now 270 at 45, maximum 60 knots. It's been varying a bit, but the direction hasn't been less than 260"

"Ah, straight down the runway then - perfect! Cleared for take-off, RyanAir 925." And off he went.....

Next day, an ex-instructor at my school, who happens to now fly for RyanAir, was visiting, so I asked him about wind limits if the wind was straight down the runway. Apparently they don't have any - the crosswind limit is 35kt, but as long as it's within that limit they don't have any other limits on wind. :eek: Glad I wasn't on that flight, though, I have to admit.

FFF
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I think I'd want the total wind to be at-least 20 knots below my rotate speed ! I've never flown VTOL and prefer to leave that to the experts.

G

Didn't a citation (or similar) go out of blackpool that morning as well (Whats the limit for those?) - I was in Morissons carpark chasing after a run-away trolly in that wind !

GV

I was a passenger in a 737 going into Halifax Nova Scotia about ten years ago on a truely horrible stormy night. The airplane had so much crab on I could see both sets of runway lights out the row 6 window when we were lined up on final:uhoh: The guy driving did a beautiful job on the landing the only problem was we could not go to a jetway becuase the wind was so strong the jetway would not move, so they towed the airplane into the lee of the hanger and used the on board stairs. As we got up my seatmater said Oh Thank God we are safe now. I said we are about to confront the most dangerous part of this flight, The taxi ride to town ! I will never forget the drive in as there was at least 3 instances where I was sure we were going to die:eek: :{