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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Sep 2017, 16:53
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

Good point. We need a competent truther on the...

Good point. We need a competent truther on the case. :O

If that's not an oxymoron.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Sep 2017, 22:33
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

That would certainly explain the two BAA vehicles...

That would certainly explain the two BAA vehicles with "Aberdeen" in big letters along the side. :O

T3 aquaplaned on landing, May 22nd 1978.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Aug 2016, 20:44
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

Interestingly, both Max Kingsley-Jones's Trident...

Interestingly, both Max Kingsley-Jones's Trident monograph and Keith Gaskells's "History of BA" quote Zulu Uniform as operating that AMS charter, Zulu Victor having gone tech earlier in the day.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jul 2016, 09:03
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

A bit more background on the Trident...

A bit more background on the Trident reverse-in-the-flare technique from an old PPRuNe thread:

http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/434496-trident-autothrust-system-autoland-

Maybe my memory isn't so...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jul 2016, 19:36
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

While it's true that you can't take credit for...

While it's true that you can't take credit for reverse in scheduling performance, use of the technique was clearly considered to be prudent.



You may well be right about that. It was, as you...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jul 2016, 16:50
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

Indeed it did. SOP was full reverse coming...

Indeed it did.

SOP was full reverse coming over the fence, as was the case for other short fields it operated into.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jul 2016, 09:34
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

Yes, he quotes the station engineer at OSL as...

Yes, he quotes the station engineer at OSL as saying that if it had arrived there on that occasion with a u/s boost engine it wouldn't have been able to depart.

I was simply quoting that extract...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Jul 2016, 19:39
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

As a postscript to the Trident 3 booster engine...

As a postscript to the Trident 3 booster engine decommissioning debate, I've been re-reading Max Kingsley-Jones's excellent monograph on the Trident.

He recounts a jump seat trip he made to Oslo...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jul 2016, 16:51
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

Even without the booster engine, three Speys vs...

Even without the booster engine, three Speys vs two was only ever going to have one outcome.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Jul 2016, 06:44
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

Point taken, but Mr Coley still wouldn't have...

Point taken, but Mr Coley still wouldn't have paid much for them, and fairing over the hole in the back end would have been horrendously expensive, so I don't think removing the RB162 would ever have...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Jul 2016, 22:26
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

But the point is that it's not redundant weight...

But the point is that it's not redundant weight if its removal puts the C of G outside limits and requires its replacement with a corresponding amount of ballast.

The first two would more easily...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Apr 2016, 06:33
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

All BEA/BA's Trident 2s (which were the only ones...

All BEA/BA's Trident 2s (which were the only ones of that mark built) were designated Trident 2E.

But G-AVYE was a Trident 1E, which was a souped-up version of the 1C (featuring the infamous...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Apr 2016, 07:08
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

On a memorable trip to Israel with a BEA mate on...

On a memorable trip to Israel with a BEA mate on an ID90 in about 72-73, when the T2 stopped at the terminal there was a PA announcement instructing everyone to remain seated. A couple of scowling...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Apr 2016, 17:46
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

Great story, but the realisation came as soon as...

Great story, but the realisation came as soon as the T2E had flown that the Spey 512 didn't have any growth potential that would allow 3 of them to power a stretch.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Apr 2016, 22:00
Replies: 104
Views: 40,391
Posted By DaveReidUK

More likely a T2E - they operated London-Moscow...

More likely a T2E - they operated London-Moscow from 1968 onwards.
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