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Flaps 60, joseph,
I was once in a dhc5 that did a stunning landing.
in fact quite alot of em , but i tend not to brag
xlone...1610 lda 1.3 upslope on 02.
I was once in a dhc5 that did a stunning landing.
in fact quite alot of em , but i tend not to bragxlone...1610 lda 1.3 upslope on 02.
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A Comet landed at Luton when it was a grass airfield in 1952 http://www.stevelevien.com/comet.htm
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EGLD,
The Qantas 747 you're thinking about is the one which went to the Museum. Kicked up lots of dust.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/298253/M/
An older relative used to operate Caribous into some fairly interesting strips in PNG... they sloped, so that the a/c would stop on arrival and then would have assistance to get off again. More than once, apparently, they'd pretty well fall off the end and use the decent-sized valley to get to anything like a respectable airspeed.
And this is a bou-bou we're talking about. I've seen them blown backwards by a strong breeze on approach.
I was once up front in a 763 into and out of St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. On arrival, the hill at the far end was coming up AWFUL fast!!! The hard stop was accompanied by sounds of much rattling & loose objects outside the door!
And surely ANYTHING into Wellington is a stress...
The Qantas 747 you're thinking about is the one which went to the Museum. Kicked up lots of dust.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/298253/M/
An older relative used to operate Caribous into some fairly interesting strips in PNG... they sloped, so that the a/c would stop on arrival and then would have assistance to get off again. More than once, apparently, they'd pretty well fall off the end and use the decent-sized valley to get to anything like a respectable airspeed.
And this is a bou-bou we're talking about. I've seen them blown backwards by a strong breeze on approach.
I was once up front in a 763 into and out of St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. On arrival, the hill at the far end was coming up AWFUL fast!!! The hard stop was accompanied by sounds of much rattling & loose objects outside the door!
And surely ANYTHING into Wellington is a stress...
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And having previously worked with the former Chief Pilot of Air America, putting fixed-wings down on what were effectively helipads, well ......
He even named one Laos landing strip after his wife, why did you name if after your wife XXXX I asked, in his best deep south American drawl came back the reply, 'cos it was a son of a bitch to get down on'!
He even named one Laos landing strip after his wife, why did you name if after your wife XXXX I asked, in his best deep south American drawl came back the reply, 'cos it was a son of a bitch to get down on'!
I also remember that A300 landing on 29 at Dublin - as I recall it the winds were very strong from the NW and, as this was in pre-28 days, 05/23 was probably out of the question because of crosswind limits.
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hi all,
All the 351 passengers and 17 crew members of a Saudia Airlines jumbo jet Boeing 747 aircraft had a miraculous escape when the flight SVA 770 scheduled to land at the Chennai airport at 6.30 am on Monday landed at the nearby Indian Air Force airbase in Tambaram at 6.44 am.
The wide-bodied heavy jumbo jet aircraft which landed on the secondary runway of the Air Force base came to a screeching halt at the edge of the runway barely 100 feet from a few offices on the campus of IAF Tambaram. The aircraft landed with a heavy thud and made a loud noise, scaring all those around. The airmen and others present at the Air Force base station ran for their lives, seeing the aircraft approach towards them at great speed. The flight was on its way to Chennai from Riyadh and Daharan.
The 4,763 feet secondary runway and four tyres of the aircraft were damaged following the landing of the aircraft. However, all the passengers and crew members escaped unhurt. As the pilot applied brakes, the passengers were thrown forward.
Airport sources said pilot of the aircraft Captain Khayyat sought visual clearance to land at the Chennai airport after sighting the runway. The Air Traffic Control (ATC) gave him permission to land, but the pilot reported that he had overshot the runway. The ATC instructed the pilot to circle and then come back for landing.
The pilot then went on an orbit and landed at the Tambaram Air Force station airstrip, mistaking it for the Chennai Airport. He then contacted the ATC and told them that he had landed, but they wanted to know where he was as they could not see the aircraft at the Chennai Airport. To their shock, the ATC learnt that the pilot had landed at the Tambaram Air Force station. They immediately contacted all agencies concerned and emergency operations commenced.
The Customs, International Airports Division of the Airport Authority of India and Immigration authorities rushed to the site of the incident. The passengers inside the aircraft suffered as the air-conditioning system was off. Passengers complained of suffocation.
Copyright © 1997 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
All the 351 passengers and 17 crew members of a Saudia Airlines jumbo jet Boeing 747 aircraft had a miraculous escape when the flight SVA 770 scheduled to land at the Chennai airport at 6.30 am on Monday landed at the nearby Indian Air Force airbase in Tambaram at 6.44 am.
The wide-bodied heavy jumbo jet aircraft which landed on the secondary runway of the Air Force base came to a screeching halt at the edge of the runway barely 100 feet from a few offices on the campus of IAF Tambaram. The aircraft landed with a heavy thud and made a loud noise, scaring all those around. The airmen and others present at the Air Force base station ran for their lives, seeing the aircraft approach towards them at great speed. The flight was on its way to Chennai from Riyadh and Daharan.
The 4,763 feet secondary runway and four tyres of the aircraft were damaged following the landing of the aircraft. However, all the passengers and crew members escaped unhurt. As the pilot applied brakes, the passengers were thrown forward.
Airport sources said pilot of the aircraft Captain Khayyat sought visual clearance to land at the Chennai airport after sighting the runway. The Air Traffic Control (ATC) gave him permission to land, but the pilot reported that he had overshot the runway. The ATC instructed the pilot to circle and then come back for landing.
The pilot then went on an orbit and landed at the Tambaram Air Force station airstrip, mistaking it for the Chennai Airport. He then contacted the ATC and told them that he had landed, but they wanted to know where he was as they could not see the aircraft at the Chennai Airport. To their shock, the ATC learnt that the pilot had landed at the Tambaram Air Force station. They immediately contacted all agencies concerned and emergency operations commenced.
The Customs, International Airports Division of the Airport Authority of India and Immigration authorities rushed to the site of the incident. The passengers inside the aircraft suffered as the air-conditioning system was off. Passengers complained of suffocation.
Copyright © 1997 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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Chiglet,
This is from the Qantas Museum's home page:
http://www.qfom.com.au/collections/v...q/gallery.html
It's there and I'm sure the good burghers of Longreach would welcome you as a visitor!!
The day VH-EBQ arrived they got a 738 in as well. It had pax aboard for the show.
This is from the Qantas Museum's home page:
http://www.qfom.com.au/collections/v...q/gallery.html
It's there and I'm sure the good burghers of Longreach would welcome you as a visitor!!
The day VH-EBQ arrived they got a 738 in as well. It had pax aboard for the show.
i do not no where any of these air ports are i live in canada
Wardair did operate from LBA direct to YYZ (also from BHX which was interesting to say the least!).
If 14 was in use at LBA the 747 had a landing distance of 5900ft!
At BHX I once saw the plane rotate on the threshold (only short displacement available ahead) - what that must have looked like from the flightdeck I can only imagine.
In Nov 1976 Aviaco brought a DC9-30, EC CTS almost brand new, into LBA landing 33. This when the runway was 5400 feet, don't know what the LDA/TODA's were. BHX divert, LBA was above the inversion fog.
Went out again off 33 direct to Las Palmas with 56 on board. Rotated beyond the 10/28 intersection v near the 15 threshold.
If 14 was in use at LBA the 747 had a landing distance of 5900ft!
At BHX I once saw the plane rotate on the threshold (only short displacement available ahead) - what that must have looked like from the flightdeck I can only imagine.
In Nov 1976 Aviaco brought a DC9-30, EC CTS almost brand new, into LBA landing 33. This when the runway was 5400 feet, don't know what the LDA/TODA's were. BHX divert, LBA was above the inversion fog.
Went out again off 33 direct to Las Palmas with 56 on board. Rotated beyond the 10/28 intersection v near the 15 threshold.