PPRuNe Forums - Search Results
PPRuNe Forums

Go Back  PPRuNe Forums > Search Forums
Reload this Page >

Search Results

Register
FAQ
Calendar
Wikiposts
Today's Posts
Search
Vendor Directory
 
Page 1 of 14
1
2
3
4
5
11
Last »
Search: Posts Made By: Airbanda
Showing results 1 to 35 of 466
Search took 0.03 seconds.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Apr 2024, 09:55
Replies: 1,976
Views: 1,066,625
Posted By Airbanda

Did several orbits over LBA before diverting....

Did several orbits over LBA before diverting. Seems to be off the runway now.

Possibly a fault where a longer runway was needed?

EDIT: LBA enthusiasts' group mentions flap issues.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
28th Mar 2024, 10:15
Replies: 47
Views: 15,909
Posted By Airbanda

Clearly not stable at low altitude and touched...

Clearly not stable at low altitude and touched down some way beyond the markers. Is this the second TAP incident at Madeira recently or am I mixing them up with another carrier?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Mar 2024, 12:01
Replies: 1,976
Views: 1,066,625
Posted By Airbanda

Would a W going LBA>PMI>NWI>PMI>LBA in the...

Would a W going LBA>PMI>NWI>PMI>LBA in the current regulatory/terms conditions environment require a crew slip at NWI?

Back in the seventies when BY operated W sectors to LBA with MAN based a/c...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Mar 2024, 14:58
Replies: 1,976
Views: 1,066,625
Posted By Airbanda

I know they've no operation of their at LGW...

I know they've no operation of their at LGW although there has been speculation as to whether they might in future. As things look there now with slot constraints and delays I'd have though they need...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Mar 2024, 08:03
Replies: 1,976
Views: 1,066,625
Posted By Airbanda

Are the LGW ops on behalf of a tour company?

Are the LGW ops on behalf of a tour company?
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
30th Jan 2024, 14:16
Replies: 4
Views: 748
Posted By Airbanda

Jet2 737 800 routings

Idly watching stuff on FR24 and notice that some Jet2 flights between (eg) Leeds/Bradford and the Canaries and return route way out over the Atlantic so they're overwater until, on the return leg,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Jan 2024, 15:15
Replies: 1,976
Views: 1,066,625
Posted By Airbanda

It is. I missed it.

It is.
I missed it.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jan 2024, 12:32
Replies: 1,976
Views: 1,066,625
Posted By Airbanda

C-FWGH ex Sunwing arrived at Leeds Bradford...

C-FWGH ex Sunwing arrived at Leeds Bradford yesterday. Said to have been allocated G-JZBZ.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Jan 2024, 13:53
Replies: 155
Views: 77,093
Posted By Airbanda

That, needless to say, is causing much discussion...

That, needless to say, is causing much discussion amongst the watcherati at LBA.

It's obviously possible that they have different limits and that as Jet 2 crews are likely to be permanently LBA...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Jan 2024, 10:12
Replies: 1,976
Views: 1,066,625
Posted By Airbanda

Two from Pegasus, formerly TC-SCF and TC-CPY...

Two from Pegasus, formerly TC-SCF and TC-CPY which are DRTV and JZDE on the G register.

Rumour on the LBA boards is another is coming from Sunwing. There's been a couple of 'expected arrivals' on...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Jan 2024, 13:04
Replies: 36
Views: 4,915
Posted By Airbanda

British Midland flew both EMA (which might...

British Midland flew both EMA (which might technically still have been CDD back then) and BHX to Heathrow with a mix of Viscounts, F-27 Shorts 330/360 kit and occasional DC-9 until the late seventies...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Jan 2024, 16:09
Replies: 22
Views: 8,648
Posted By Airbanda

Looks like it. Some of the commentary on X says...

Looks like it. Some of the commentary on X says it's a fake and not Funchal but the report and flight number, including diverting to LPA tally. Looks like an approach to 23 rather than 05 which...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Jan 2024, 13:35
Replies: 1,950
Views: 932,018
Posted By Airbanda

Me too!!

Me too!!
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th Jan 2024, 11:36
Replies: 30
Views: 11,972
Posted By Airbanda

How could something like this be covered up?...

How could something like this be covered up? Surely it requires too many people for any sort of conspiracy.

Were such a failure to occur what would be the consequences? Presumably it can be...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Dec 2023, 12:06
Replies: 18
Views: 2,504
Posted By Airbanda

Shute (professionally Nevil Norway) was critical...

Shute (professionally Nevil Norway) was critical of the R101's construction. He was also concerned that government funding for R101 was bottomless in a way that money for his own firm's design was...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Dec 2023, 16:20
Replies: 2
Views: 759
Posted By Airbanda

Bill Agus an Spitfire

Thirty minute or so TV programme from the ever excellent BBC Alba.

Ex BA pilot Bill McInnes talks a bit about his early life and flying the line from Rapides to the 767. He then takes a trip in a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Dec 2023, 09:45
Replies: 2
Views: 718
Posted By Airbanda

English translation of the French accident...

English translation of the French accident report:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422eb6240f0b61346000079/7-1975_EC-BII_and_EC-BJC.pdf
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th Dec 2023, 15:00
Replies: 241
Views: 157,492
Posted By Airbanda

Almost certainly a wind gust that turned the a/c...

Almost certainly a wind gust that turned the a/c into a weather vane.

ISTR an Aer Lingus Fokker 50 going off piste at LBA in similar conditions aeons ago. Taxiing for take off via the N/S taxiway...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Nov 2023, 08:32
Replies: 56
Views: 10,918
Posted By Airbanda

Overshoot became Go Around in the eighties. I...

Overshoot became Go Around in the eighties. I think one reason was that overshoot (and undershoot) had other meanings in relation to landing short of or over running a runway and, in that context...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Nov 2023, 09:04
Replies: 241
Views: 157,492
Posted By Airbanda

Replacement engines were fitted along with...

Replacement engines were fitted along with wheels/tyres and probably brakes. There are pictures on LBA enthusiasts pages of the work being carried out including the engines under wrappings.

Once...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
21st Oct 2023, 16:02
Replies: 241
Views: 157,492
Posted By Airbanda

That has an air of possibility about it. How come...

That has an air of possibility about it. How come Peel couldn't pull it off?

There were plans for a new airport for Yorkshire on what was termed Thorne Waste in seventies. Nothing came of it.
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Oct 2023, 09:50
Replies: 14
Views: 4,414
Posted By Airbanda

Presumably it is normal when an airline goes bust...

Presumably it is normal when an airline goes bust but with continuing operations as with MAEL that assets are vested in ATT?

If so then I don't then I don't think there is much of a regulatory...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
21st Oct 2023, 09:16
Replies: 241
Views: 157,492
Posted By Airbanda

As a spotter in the years 74-78 and living in...

As a spotter in the years 74-78 and living in Guiseley I was back and forth along the A658 Harrogate Road on a regular basis. As was my Mother who taught at the Special School in the corner of...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Oct 2023, 10:21
Replies: 42
Views: 24,768
Posted By Airbanda

Does the Y suffix to the flight number (AWC305Y)...

Does the Y suffix to the flight number (AWC305Y) imply a positioning flight?

AWC305 was used subsequently by another A321 flying Orlando to Cairns in several legs.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Oct 2023, 09:52
Replies: 8
Views: 1,915
Posted By Airbanda

What exactly is this package?

What exactly is this package?
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Oct 2023, 09:19
Replies: 15
Views: 5,971
Posted By Airbanda

The colurs along that track suggest that FR24 has...

The colurs along that track suggest that FR24 has filled in the missing bits - a join the dots exercise.

Having watched a/c go out of coverage overland in Oz it's no surprise that FR24 lacks...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Aug 2023, 12:28
Replies: 16
Views: 1,735
Posted By Airbanda

As regards LBA to the Channel Isles and...

As regards LBA to the Channel Isles and (variously) BA/Northeast, Dan Air, Air UK etc one needs to differentiate between schedules and IT charters.

I remember in summer 1975 there being multiple...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Aug 2023, 07:55
Replies: 143
Views: 53,601
Posted By Airbanda

Too many issues for this to have much chance of...

Too many issues for this to have much chance of success.

The market for UK origin leisure flights, with or without an associated hotel etc package is well served by existing operators. Jet 2 and...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Jul 2023, 09:32
Replies: 1,976
Views: 1,066,625
Posted By Airbanda

Yep. That what we did going to Madeira in April. ...

Yep. That what we did going to Madeira in April.

Parked car at Jetparks. Bus to terminal where we used evening check in. Walked to hotel and returned in the morning going direct to security.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jul 2023, 20:29
Replies: 22
Views: 2,882
Posted By Airbanda

This one is, or was last time I was round there,...

This one is, or was last time I was round there, clearly visible from the public road. I think we'd stopped for fuel nearby at a Le Clerc place on the N13 but may have got that round my neck.
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jul 2023, 22:10
Replies: 121
Views: 49,548
Posted By Airbanda

Once the SE/NW 15/33 runway was finished c1964/5...

Once the SE/NW 15/33 runway was finished c1964/5 it was 5400 feet.

In 1984 the extension to 7380 feet was completed but displaced thresholds limit LDA from either end.
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jul 2023, 20:18
Replies: 121
Views: 49,548
Posted By Airbanda

Not directly comparable but Aer Lingus flew their...

Not directly comparable but Aer Lingus flew their 1-11 200s off the original 5400' 15/33 runway at Leeds/Bradford from the late sixties on.

Mainly on schedules to Dublin but occasionally further...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jul 2023, 11:10
Replies: 121
Views: 49,548
Posted By Airbanda

Interesting thread for those of us who watch the...

Interesting thread for those of us who watch the planes and have an insatiable curiosity about the technical stuff.

Landings that float a bit beyond the TD markers at FNC are pretty frequent. As...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
11th May 2023, 16:36
Replies: 7
Views: 1,278
Posted By Airbanda

Looking pretty troublesome again right now. There...

Looking pretty troublesome again right now. There were 5 a/c holding at Pilim, wind now in limits BA and EJU, on or being vectored for approaches.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
11th May 2023, 12:12
Replies: 7
Views: 1,278
Posted By Airbanda

Porto Santo's runway is 3000m which certainly...

Porto Santo's runway is 3000m which certainly seems a lot for a place where most traffic is no larger than an ATR and a daily A320. There is though some use by the Portuguese Military.

The next...
Showing results 1 to 35 of 466
 
Page 1 of 14
1
2
3
4
5
11
Last »


 
Forum Jump

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.