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[om15]

My first civvie job at Squires Gate in 1979, here is XI, probably off to the IoM or CI.
Even in those days the plans were to build between St Annes and Blackpool.

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[Woody]

Obviously whoever wrote this didn’t have to deal with IBERIA ground staff


http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/new ... 87326.html

[Capetonian]

That's true. Iberia's ground staff must be the worst in the world. Just vile. Rude, ignorant, scruffy, and obnoxious. None of which is typically Spanish.

[Woody]

Not my photo, but I did visit there back in the day

[Rwy in Sight]

Not my photo, but I did visit there back in the day

I am wondering what kind of extra maintenance is necessary on those aircraft used to this airfield.

[ian16th]

If it was my a/c, I would have any a/c 'navalised' buy whoever does such work for the RN.

As routine maintenance, as soon as the a/c lands back on tarmac, a good hosing down.

[PHXPhlyer]

Frequent compressor washes as well.

PP

[tango15]

I believe that did used to happen. Before my time, I believe that a landing at Barra took place with a 748, following which there was much cleansing of the donks. LIAT used to do it every night when the aircraft were back at base, with some fluid which I can no longer remember the name of, but seemed very effective. SATA in the Azores used the same stuff.

[CharlieOneSix]

Unsurprisingly compressor washes were done at the end of every day on helicopters involved in offshore oil/gas support flights. On my last type before retirement, see avatar, the drying out run could not be done without engaging the rotors so one of the two pilots on the last flight of the day had to stay behind to do it. MGT was around 600-700°C in the cruise and I seem to recall that after shutdown it had to be a maximum of 100°C before the fluid was sprayed in so it was not a quick procedure.