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Forum: Rumours & News
12th Feb 2019, 12:37
Replies: 99
Views: 107,286
Posted By OLNEY2d

"Translated into pilot speak it can get “rough as...

"Translated into pilot speak it can get “rough as ****” on finals to 27R in those circumstances"

Indeed.

A few words of non-sentimental remembrance and lament for R/W 23 are called for.
...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
9th Jul 2013, 15:22
Replies: 11
Views: 2,168
Posted By OLNEY2d

A couple of laps of Ockham hold, after lots and...

A couple of laps of Ockham hold, after lots and lots of laps of the Bristol channel. That must have been a fun PA to make...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
9th Jul 2013, 13:10
Replies: 11
Views: 2,168
Posted By OLNEY2d

BAW 9L Holding and Dumping Fuel

Hi,

Anyone know why BAW 9L (G-BNWM) is dumping fuel in a holding pattern over south east Wales? He's clearly visible, complete with streaming wingtips, from here (a couple of miles West of...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
28th Mar 2012, 20:01
Replies: 3
Views: 1,154
Posted By OLNEY2d

Unable to regulate a steady temperature on the...

Unable to regulate a steady temperature on the flight deck according to the AV herald.

6.5 hrs of going nowhere. Grim.

Cheers

o2D
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
8th Mar 2012, 20:12
Replies: 2
Views: 941
Posted By OLNEY2d

Thanks for the info. Had to feel for them,...

Thanks for the info.

Had to feel for them, pretty as Cornwall is, you'd get bored with that view after the umpteenth fuel burning hold....
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
8th Mar 2012, 18:40
Replies: 2
Views: 941
Posted By OLNEY2d

American 211 MAN - JFK (except today)

Anyone know why American 211 ended up at LHR today (after trading kerosene for weight over Lands End for a while) ?

Cheers

o2d
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
8th Apr 2011, 17:56
Replies: 15
Views: 3,159
Posted By OLNEY2d

Dear old BBC - gotta grin - nosewheel only eh? ...

Dear old BBC - gotta grin - nosewheel only eh?

At the risk of being a pedant and stating the bleedin obvious: ALL gear were extended and clearly visible from our position whilst she was in the...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
8th Apr 2011, 16:13
Replies: 15
Views: 3,159
Posted By OLNEY2d

Thanks to all for the information. Looking...

Thanks to all for the information.

Looking forward to watching them roll-out and head East !
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
8th Apr 2011, 15:37
Replies: 15
Views: 3,159
Posted By OLNEY2d

I suspected so - they've been past us about 10...

I suspected so - they've been past us about 10 times.

Wondered if they're trying to get light enough to get into Cardiff of Bristol...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
8th Apr 2011, 15:22
Replies: 15
Views: 3,159
Posted By OLNEY2d

AAL 121 holding over Wales - gear down

Hi,

Anyone know why AAL 121 is currently holding with gear down just NW of Cardiff at FL100 ? Clearly the trip to Paris isn't going exactly as planned....

Still, it's gathered a few spectators...
Forum: ATC Issues
7th Oct 2010, 18:57
Replies: 39
Views: 6,776
Posted By OLNEY2d

Thank you; all of those explanations make sense....

Thank you; all of those explanations make sense. We didn't make it as far west as the ever patient Mike Romeo crew.

However, if I recall correctly (again unlikely) we were vectored on at about 24d...
Forum: ATC Issues
7th Oct 2010, 15:48
Replies: 39
Views: 6,776
Posted By OLNEY2d

Easterlies at EGLL today

Hi,

Just curious; we just given the longest final onto 09L I can remember for some time this pm. There was also some interesting approach routeing going on (crossing over the localiser etc) and...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
25th Aug 2009, 22:40
Replies: 0
Views: 659
Posted By OLNEY2d

FR 508 Go around tonight

Hi,

Was PAX on the FR508 into Bristol tonight; the crew seemed to have real challenges in acheiving a stable approach and we ended up breaking off at about 3 or 4d (my guesstimate) after a lot of...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
17th Jul 2008, 14:56
Replies: 7
Views: 6,001
Posted By OLNEY2d

Wycombe correct me if I'm wrong... Am fairly...

Wycombe correct me if I'm wrong...

Am fairly certain the RAF marque also sported the uprated engines from the civillian 'Super' variant too? or perhaps at least some of them did ?

An ex-BA...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
10th Jul 2008, 08:50
Replies: 31
Views: 5,057
Posted By OLNEY2d

BMI F70 into Kai Tak !

This thread reminds me of a very amusing exchange relayed to me by a good friend; once a hoary old captain on 1-11s and now a part-time flying instructor.

2000ft up, somewhere over north bucks and...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
5th Mar 2008, 15:35
Replies: 5
Views: 1,697
Posted By OLNEY2d

It might tickle you to know that this low-level...

It might tickle you to know that this low-level route was (and might still be) known as the ho-chi-min trail amongst some of the pilots who flew it. I think the name was given to a number of routes...
Forum: ATC Issues
29th Mar 2007, 12:34
Replies: 24
Views: 4,086
Posted By OLNEY2d

Fascinating stuff. And interesting comments...

Fascinating stuff.

And interesting comments about the A321 as well; seems like they might have similar issues getting out of the sky too - we were effectively vectored to 'undertake' one that was...
Forum: ATC Issues
20th Mar 2007, 12:07
Replies: 24
Views: 4,086
Posted By OLNEY2d

Troublesome types ?

Following a favourable but just about do-able ATC clearance last week, I was recounting to my (much younger) colleague my experience of a familarisation trip to LATCC circa 1987. My most vivid memory...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
29th Nov 2006, 16:16
Replies: 27
Views: 4,948
Posted By OLNEY2d

I used the word 'offender' tongue in cheek, but...

I used the word 'offender' tongue in cheek, but there was a definite correlation between the 'SHT' callsigns and switching :-)

Ref the Midland 9s - I really do appreciate it's hard to judge any...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
29th Nov 2006, 09:47
Replies: 27
Views: 4,948
Posted By OLNEY2d

Snap

I too grew up in Heston in the 70s and 80s - just north of the 27R localiser; hence this sorry obsession that plagues me to this day...

Also uncanny that we post the same story about the 'sports'...
Forum: ATC Issues
15th Nov 2006, 18:49
Replies: 3
Views: 1,431
Posted By OLNEY2d

Vacate Taxiway Alpha!

I was PAX recently on an A319 inbound to T1 at EGLL arriving on 27L - nothing too striking about that...

However I was slightly taken aback after we made what can only be described as a Very Short...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
10th Nov 2006, 16:32
Replies: 27
Views: 4,948
Posted By OLNEY2d

4 DME is for lightweights

As I was reading this thread I was going to comment that 4 or 5 DME wasn't that uncommon at all and that I recalled seeing much tighter than that!

I then realised a theme was forming with a...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Nov 2006, 18:11
Replies: 11
Views: 1,847
Posted By OLNEY2d

Whining on frequency?

Hi,


Something I've long wondered is why some aircraft's radio transmissions carry with them a distinctive whine?

Its far less common that it once was - but it was very noticeable when a...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
10th Oct 2006, 20:43
Replies: 143
Views: 30,924
Posted By OLNEY2d

Dash 7s at EGLL

Hi,

On the subject of early turns:

I seem to recall that during the fairly brief period that British Midland operated DHC 7s out of EGLL they would routinely turn left in the climb somewhere...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Aug 2006, 10:51
Replies: 2
Views: 1,563
Posted By OLNEY2d

Hi, this is what I guessed - given the...

Hi,


this is what I guessed - given the absence of condition '2', I can only assume that '1' and '3' were true !

Tea and biscuits time? or just a little bit frowned on?
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Aug 2006, 20:47
Replies: 2
Views: 1,563
Posted By OLNEY2d

A319 Short Field Performance ?

Hi,

Was PAX very recently on a A319 into EGLL landing on 27L - the only unusual thing about that being:

1. Whoever was handling managed to stop the the a/c and vacate onto taxiway Alpha...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Aug 2006, 10:30
Replies: 48
Views: 12,461
Posted By OLNEY2d

Hatfield HTF (Closed)

Hi,

I was lucky enough to be based in Hatfield for the final year of Operations right up until the 17/4/1994 when the last official departure was made. Although, even after the airfield was...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
11th Aug 2006, 12:37
Replies: 4
Views: 1,528
Posted By OLNEY2d

Actually it was Fox Kilo

Hi,

It was a Trident 2E, G-AVFK - she was used as an anti-terrorist training airframe by the Met. Police and, it was reported, by our 'masked friends' from Hereford.

She was later moved to RAF...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Aug 2006, 10:56
Replies: 17
Views: 2,618
Posted By OLNEY2d

Thanks all. So it seems the statement...

Thanks all.

So it seems the statement regarding Flaps 2 'having no practical application' - has it roots firmly in potential flight safety issues. It was so emphatically stated that there had to...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Aug 2006, 10:02
Replies: 17
Views: 2,618
Posted By OLNEY2d

180 kts

Indeed - have to say, it is usually in response to '180kts until 4 DME please' or similar - so spot on.

Just wondered if there was more to it, rather than it just being an unlikey configuration!
Forum: Tech Log
1st Aug 2006, 20:59
Replies: 17
Views: 2,618
Posted By OLNEY2d

737 3/400 - Flaps 2 ?

For any 737 3/400 drivers out there...

Am often intrigued by the statement 'Flaps 2 has no practical application' occasionally seen in Handling notes.

What's the background ? Anyone...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
26th Jul 2006, 11:43
Replies: 1
Views: 686
Posted By OLNEY2d

US VIP 737/BBJ at LHR ?

Noticed one of those shiny 737NG/BBJ thingies on the VIP ramp as we taxied down the Outer at LHR yesterday. Tiny US flag on the fin.

Any clues?


Also seemed to be a Saudi MD next to her - not...
Forum: ATC Issues
30th Nov 2005, 16:52
Replies: 19
Views: 9,325
Posted By OLNEY2d

One I often get that makes me grin ATC:...

One I often get that makes me grin

ATC: "Good Morning Speedline 331, Climb 6000ft, no ATC speed and Squawk Ident"

Speedline 331: "Ident coming down"


I suppose it is coming down - pretty...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
21st Nov 2005, 08:22
Replies: 2
Views: 673
Posted By OLNEY2d

Thanks - it was indeed a 72 , was anxious about...

Thanks - it was indeed a 72 , was anxious about stating that because it seemed so unlikely !

Hell of a din coming over his TX though - more than the usual whine some avionics kit gives off.

...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
20th Nov 2005, 13:02
Replies: 34
Views: 7,111
Posted By OLNEY2d

I always assumed the shape of a given contrail...

I always assumed the shape of a given contrail was goverened by the wake-vortex pattern of the specific a/c type and its interaction with local atmospheric conditions.

Interestingly, yesterday was...
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