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Old 27th February 2006 | 16:45
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Manston Questions

Was working in Ramsgate today and noted a Virgin A340 G-VFLY doing some circuits. What do they do down there in deepest Kent ? Testing ? Training ? Any ideas ?
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Old 27th February 2006 | 16:50
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prob base training, MSE is cheap
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Old 27th February 2006 | 17:25
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crew training
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Old 27th February 2006 | 20:08
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They use EMA and PIK regularly as well.
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Old 27th February 2006 | 21:42
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Originally Posted by AlphaWhiskyRomeo
They use EMA and PIK regularly as well.
Nearly came to NEMA today instead, since Manston's wx wasn't too good, but it picked up enough for them to continue, so it didn't join the EZY 737 in the circuit after all.
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Old 27th February 2006 | 22:43
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Hehe, probably the same airframe that made me sit around all day when I was trying to do circuit training for my PPL at Manston lol. Kinda hard to maintain 4 minutes separation when you are in a C152 and the damn thing is charging up behind you
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Old 28th February 2006 | 09:55
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well, how else will they test the tcas reaction time, nice slow target hehehe
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Old 1st March 2006 | 13:10
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Hehe, probably the same airframe that made me sit around all day when I was trying to do circuit training for my PPL at Manston lol. Kinda hard to maintain 4 minutes separation when you are in a C152 and the damn thing is charging up behind you
Had exactly the same experience 6 or so years ago, sharing the circuit at Manston in a 152 with a Virgin 747...
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Old 14th November 2006 | 15:44
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What Airlines in the pst have done training at Manston? I know Virgin do because i have seen them, anyone else?
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Old 14th November 2006 | 18:03
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BA, Excel, Net Jets, Shell, Easyjet, Jet2, Flyjet have all used MSE for training from time to time.
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Old 20th November 2006 | 17:49
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Anyone know where MK's inbound flight finally put down last night? It made an approach to MSE at around 11:15pm and aborted the attempt around two miles from the threshold, reportedly due to the high winds. Didn't come back.
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Old 20th November 2006 | 18:10
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Landed at Ostend 0038 Local.
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Old 20th November 2006 | 19:43
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Was that not outside both OST/MSE opening hours ??
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Old 20th November 2006 | 20:04
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OST is open 24/7. MSE occasionally extend till 2300 or later depending on factors..
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