Concorde Go-Around
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Conc has certainly had grass in the u/c. In the late 70s I was at Fairford seeing a friend who was CO there. He was most peeved. The Conc pilot under training had misjudged a turn onto the runway and put the nosewheel into the grass. The CO showed me a curving trench about 30' long and about 2' deep. He was p****d off because of all the crap that had been deposited on the runway and wondered at the professionalism of the training captain who allowed the take-off to continue.
Just reminds me being in Marakech where AF was doing it's Concorde training.
Spent an entire day watching various touch & go, go-arounds and even 3-engine take offs.
Was merly a teen but one of the best day in my liffe !
Spent an entire day watching various touch & go, go-arounds and even 3-engine take offs.
Was merly a teen but one of the best day in my liffe !
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Judging by your name you work for Ba in which case you might have noticed that BA dont normally use in excess of reverse idle,
as has been requested by the authorities,so how is it some others make a racket when they feel like it and that applies before 6 am local as well.
Judging by your name you work for Ba in which case you might have noticed that BA dont normally use in excess of reverse idle,
as has been requested by the authorities,so how is it some others make a racket when they feel like it and that applies before 6 am local as well.
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<<Judging by your name you work for Ba in which case you might have noticed that BA dont normally use in excess of reverse idle>>
I do, and no we don't... However, there is the well known saying "Dont' s**t on your own doorstep!".
We know LHR well, even when tired. We know well where xyz autobrake will stop us, and we have company SOPs re more than idle reverse (i.e. try not to).
Elsewhere, when tired / less familiar (and we can be talking local knowledge like slippery areas rumoured at BHX, CGN etc.), I might be more likely to tend towards full reverse. So same with "visitors" to LHR... I suspect these visitors are also tense about reams of notes about minimum runway occupancy etc., and full reverse might help you get a better choice of runway exits...
<<as has been requested by the authorities>>
In fact, the wording is now used at nearly all airports, so the impact is lost somewhat...
Finally, it gets very un-PC to "push" non-use of Reverse Thrust. Qantas @ BKK saw to that! So airlines and maybe even airports are wary about over enforcement...
NoD
I do, and no we don't... However, there is the well known saying "Dont' s**t on your own doorstep!".
We know LHR well, even when tired. We know well where xyz autobrake will stop us, and we have company SOPs re more than idle reverse (i.e. try not to).
Elsewhere, when tired / less familiar (and we can be talking local knowledge like slippery areas rumoured at BHX, CGN etc.), I might be more likely to tend towards full reverse. So same with "visitors" to LHR... I suspect these visitors are also tense about reams of notes about minimum runway occupancy etc., and full reverse might help you get a better choice of runway exits...
<<as has been requested by the authorities>>
In fact, the wording is now used at nearly all airports, so the impact is lost somewhat...
Finally, it gets very un-PC to "push" non-use of Reverse Thrust. Qantas @ BKK saw to that! So airlines and maybe even airports are wary about over enforcement...
NoD
