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nomorehelosforme

11th Dec 2019 13:18

AW109 G-EMHN Taking off in bad weather at Newcastle Airport

Not a pretty day do be flying a helicopter, skip to 2.40 minutes in the video to see the 109 taking off.

A video showed how planes and helicopters navigated strong winds at Newcastle Airport yesterday, with one helicopter blown sideways as the pilot attempted a take off during Storm Atiyah which brought 80mph winds.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-tomorrow.html

rudestuff

11th Dec 2019 14:04

Isn't every take off an attempted take off? What on earth were they doing on a runway in the first place?

RVDT	11th Dec 2019 16:35

Ah the Daily Grail!!

Couldn't find anywhere that EGNT ever experienced 80 MPH winds yesterday.

40 knots is only about 46 MPH - nearly an exaggeration of 100% !!

Nothing to see here. Average day for a lot of people.

Quote:

EGNT 101720Z 27027G40KT 9999 -RA FEW015 BKN030 08/06 Q0988=

Current type cant be started or stopped above 50 knots is my first limitation. After that there are no more that I can see. Its only wind.

[email protected]

11th Dec 2019 16:38

Typical Daily Mail - no story there at all, just a bunch of pilots doing their jobs well.

lead and lag

11th Dec 2019 16:40

Newcastle like you to operate off the runway when it doesn’t effect traffic flow

ShyTorque

11th Dec 2019 17:02

Nothing too exciting; even the birds weren’t walking.

MightyGem

11th Dec 2019 20:55

Quote:

Couldn't find anywhere that EGNT ever experienced 80 MPH winds yesterday.

To be fair, It wan't saying there were 80mph at the airport, but somewhere in the country in general.

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