Monarch holding with the gear down (LGW)
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Monarch holding with the gear down (LGW)
Monarch 757 holding South East of Gatwick today for about 30 minutes with the gear down having appeared to depart on a SFD8P. I was watching him as I walked out with the family this morning around 1100.
Not a journo, just a nosey pilot. Anyone any info?
Not a journo, just a nosey pilot. Anyone any info?
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The aircraft departed on a DVR8M (I think!) on it's way to Taba, told tower had an undercarriage problem, flew down to hold at MAY gear down and locked. Held for a while then advised radar they wished to divert to Luton. When my shift finished the aircraft was still holding to the south of Gatwick.
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Reckon they do. I watched the Captain of G-MONC have a good look around before we set off for Faro a few weeks back. Bit of an old plane now but still managed to get us back on the return in little over 2 hours.
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G-MONC Age / Cycles
Is G-MONC the oldest - or most used B757 in service ? It looked in fairly good nick when I saw it earlier this year. I understand it was a 1982 registration. I have heard of newer B757's being withdrawn (due to age) this one seems to have had a charmed life.
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Tell you what I did notice as we boarded - there was what looked like a bit of a patch above the front left hand side door - as if it had been repaired there. Looking at pix of the a/c on airliners.net it's been there for at least a year. Anyone know what this - I guess repair - was for? Great a/c though.
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Tell you what I did notice as we boarded - there was what looked like a bit of a patch above the front left hand side door - as if it had been repaired there. Looking at pix of the a/c on airliners.net it's been there for at least a year. Anyone know what this - I guess repair - was for? Great a/c though.
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Pins being left in aren't so bad. It's when crews taxi back in to remove a ctrl surface lock that one begins to have cause for concern over not sigining off teclog entries correctly.
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G-monc
G-MONC was actually delivered in the Spring of 2003, together with NB and ND- I think all are still in service. Don't know which has done the most time but someone at Spotty M will- Could be NC as I don't think this has ever been ETOPS.
The oldest aircraft in the Monarch fleet are NB (line number 15) and NC (line number 18). 25th birthday before too long. The only lower build number ones still in passenger use are four operating for US Airways, old Eastern Airlines examples. The MyTravel ones of the same vintage withdrawn a year or two ago did not find new operators and have gone for scrap.
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Nb - The Highest Hours 757 In The World
When I used to fly NB, I was told it was fitted with all sorts of gubbinry, placed there by Boeing to measure all sorts of things. Needless to say, Monarch were paid by Boeing for this. I believe it's the highest hours 757 in the world. Mainly, because we flew it day and night!