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Thanks for that, Wod. It becomes even more curious, as a lamppost appears to have rushed forward and rammed the back of the wing................ Obviously a bit more of this 'tail' to come.

Woody wrote:PP this is one of the reasons why you should always carry out your checks

You are not seriously expecting pilots to bend down and look under the engines, are you? They might get dizzy or lose their balance or spill their take-away coffee - and it might be raining.........

This should be interesting - Austrian Airbus, but not much information so far!

The Grauniad doing well again! https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/06/two-passenger-planes-clip-wings-on-heathrow-runway?CMP=twt_gu#Echobox=1712416879 Two passenger planes clip wings on Heathrow runway It is amazing how congested that runway at Heathrow can get at busy times. There is hardl...

Presumably a flight check of the ILS was an immediate priority unless the crew just completely screwed the pooch on a manual ILS OR flew a coupled approach contrary to regulations? FDR will tell all.

Fascinating, Karearea. You can learn more about Trump and New York from many sources.

Well, there goes the Airbus SOP, then.................. With Boeings falling apart and the Airbus Captains being red/green deficient I think boat and train are the only options.

Oh! Poor baby.

Did the Chump sit down suddenly?

America's finest.

They have an Airbus fleet, so as long as the dog can see the colours it will be OK...

Right from pre- 7 October it is beginning to look as if the words 'piss up' and 'brewery' are appropriate here.

Dredging deep into to the murky memory banks here, but I think Maxaret depended on wheel spin-up to 'set the scene', so landing with wheels locked...................

When this current action is all over, and Israel has again 'taken' the Gaza strip (as in '67), will it be judged that 1200 Israeli deaths and some hostages were an acceptable penalty to enable the reclaiming of the land and the loss of probably 40,000 Palestinian folk ('shields', and a few foreigner...

3 Brits reported killed in the vehicle.

It breaks Principle #1 of aircraft design; it's fugly.

This, from a Tornado driver.....?

a) They have to crane their necks?
b) Top speed 12kts, AND the pontoons are streamlined to reduce drag, don't you know?
c) Count its legs!

Design sounds a bit odd to me! Presumably you had special boots for the jet? In this pic are those the heel cups you mention? I cannot quite visualise how it is built. What are the horizontal bars?