There's 'hard' and there's 'hard'. :-)
There's 'hard' and there's 'hard'. :-)
A company called West Atlantic planted a Boeing 737-400 freighter at Exeter today causing a revision of the airport QNH. It was so hard I suspect the airframe will have to be written off and reportedly the Royal Mail could not unload their cargo from it.
"Bit late on the round-out, Hoskins!" as the well-known debrief goes..............................
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There are loads of METARS there for those who cannot live without.
"Bit late on the round-out, Hoskins!" as the well-known debrief goes..............................
Acknowledgements to AvHerald as always http://avherald.com/h?article=4e1e21a4&opt=0
There are loads of METARS there for those who cannot live without.
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Re: There's 'hard' and there's 'hard'. :-)
All they need is speed tape. A sh!t load of speed tape!
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A mate of mine flies for West Atlantic, but I've just checked and he's not in a hotel in Exeter
Royal Mail will not be best pleased with the delay to the off-loading of the mail and fines will be imposed, I feel sure.
Royal Mail will not be best pleased with the delay to the off-loading of the mail and fines will be imposed, I feel sure.
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They might as well open the cargo door with the crash axe, after all, it's not going anywhere.
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Did you try the hospitals?
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...or getting a digger out to the touchdown markings............
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Or the train station?
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Guess it will be a case of Tea and Biccies with the CP for the Flight Crew.
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Back to remedial landing school or, maybe, a new career flipping burgers, for some ex-pilot! Poor bugger.
I always think of this crash when I think of how what should be a run of the mill landing goes hideously, and in this case, tragically, wrong...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_Express_Flight_80
I always think of this crash when I think of how what should be a run of the mill landing goes hideously, and in this case, tragically, wrong...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_Express_Flight_80
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Re: There's 'hard' and there's 'hard'. :-)
I do like this comment...
i mean, i see nothing wrong with this from a Carrier Landing Practice point of view... armchair pilots do this all the time on their flightsim programs these guys just proved its structurally possible
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TIME TO REPEAT: The lovely Lorraine from DanAir entering the flight-deck with knickers around her ankles and a cup of water in her hand:
"Which one of you boys planted that?"
"Which one of you boys planted that?"
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Re: There's 'hard' and there's 'hard'. :-)
It is hard to imagine how he did this. Stall, dropped it on from a great height? Smashed it on with a three pointer? Dunno.
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I fancy that was a bit more than 750fpm................
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Perhaps the pilot also sails and confused feet and fathoms?
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Even with fathoms, should not be doing more than 125 fathoms/min at touchdown.
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Could also have been a microburst. I know there's warning for such things now, but if you're unlucky enough to be right there as it forms, there's nothing you can do.
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Ah - the dreaded 'Exeter microburst'