Skiathos skidmarks !
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Covered elsewhere on PPRuNe. Skiathos, Greece and an MD-80.
Thanks for that link, WHBM - thread now 'rehomed' and merged.
Thanks for that link, WHBM - thread now 'rehomed' and merged.
Last edited by BOAC; 16th February 2006 at 14:19.
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Checked out the other Skiathos threads - brought back some memories!
Did an ATC Fam Flight there some years back with JMC (as was) in an A320.
Capt's brief mentioned the road - "There are sometimes people on it, but they generally run when they see us coming"
"We don't do floating landings - if we haven't touched down by the time we reach the first turn off we go around, or we'll drop off the cliff at the other end"
"On the turning circle for departure, always swing left then turn round to the right, or we'll blow out the windows of the bungalow next to the threshold"
Seeing the mention of "controllers", is there full ATC at Skiathos now? Captain's brief when I went was that there was just "..a little man who tends the sheep and goes up to the tower to talk to us when we're due" - at any rate, he seemed to be permitted to handle only one aircraft at a time in the air (the rest being either with Macedonia Radar or held on the Apron).
Very memorable day, with an APU failure on start at Thessaloniki and an air conditioning pack failure at top of climb. Captain turned round and said "This has been just like a simulator ride hasn't it?" !
As a result of that trip, I did view the MD83 ops with some trepidation when we had them last year...with good reason it seems!
RC
Did an ATC Fam Flight there some years back with JMC (as was) in an A320.
Capt's brief mentioned the road - "There are sometimes people on it, but they generally run when they see us coming"
"We don't do floating landings - if we haven't touched down by the time we reach the first turn off we go around, or we'll drop off the cliff at the other end"
"On the turning circle for departure, always swing left then turn round to the right, or we'll blow out the windows of the bungalow next to the threshold"
Seeing the mention of "controllers", is there full ATC at Skiathos now? Captain's brief when I went was that there was just "..a little man who tends the sheep and goes up to the tower to talk to us when we're due" - at any rate, he seemed to be permitted to handle only one aircraft at a time in the air (the rest being either with Macedonia Radar or held on the Apron).
Very memorable day, with an APU failure on start at Thessaloniki and an air conditioning pack failure at top of climb. Captain turned round and said "This has been just like a simulator ride hasn't it?" !
As a result of that trip, I did view the MD83 ops with some trepidation when we had them last year...with good reason it seems!
RC
