RMweb Premium TheQ Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2020 Tis darn cold and windy out there but no precipitation is forecast. Talking about windy places, How about the shortest scheduled flight.. All 2 minutes 57seconds of the video.. 14 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 The best defense against heavy wind could be a pair of bicycle clips. (Do they even make bicycle clips these days?) 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, AndyID said: The best defense against heavy wind could be a pair of bicycle clips. I take Windeze or similar. 1 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 11 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: I take Windeze or similar. I don't think we have that here but we do have Windex. 2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2020 Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Cold and widy here but at least its dry. Flying a Dash-8 into London City Airport. >> 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2020 21 hours ago, PhilJ W said: This might or might not be connected to the storm >>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-51444749 A former girlfriend used to live in road where it happened. Other photographs have appeared in the local press and it looks as if its right outside my former girlfriends home. Not that she's likely to still be living there as we were dating 47/48 years ago. 8 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 5 hours ago, BSW01 said: The most interesting landing I’ve been on was coming into Pearson airport at Toronto. Planes usually approach the airport overland from the east, but we were flying in from Boston and for some reason (which I can’t remember) we had to approach the airport over Lake Ontario. There was quite a bit of turbulence caused by the water, but I thoroughly enjoyed this approach, however, there were quite a few passengers who didn’t like the bumpy ride as we were descending over the lake. You don’t realise how big that lake is until you fly over and across it! The first ever landing I experienced was into Toronto Pearson over the lake, in a thunderstorm, on a flight from Prestwick. Until then, I had been under the mistaken impression that aircraft wings were rigid. Watching the wings of a 707 flexing several feet changed that impression. (It also reminded me that some early 707s had dropped engines.) 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 4 hours ago, Kingzance said: Landing at Curacao (Netherlands Antilles) was always fun - the runway ends on the beach at one end and hills the other. I think you may mean Sint Maarten: 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 20 minutes ago, pH said: The first ever landing I experienced was into Toronto Pearson over the lake, in a thunderstorm, on a flight from Prestwick. Until then, I had been under the mistaken impression that aircraft wings were rigid. Watching the wings of a 707 flexing several feet changed that impression. (It also reminded me that some early 707s had dropped engines.) There was a story that the brackets that held the engines were made of magnesium so that an engine would fall off if it caught fire. I suspect that was nonsense. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AndyB Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2020 A close colleague flew Bucaneers in the RN. He mentioned one trick when practicing night-time carrier landings. Try and be the last crew to have a go. That way there'd be a chance of seeing the first hint of dawn to get a horizon. I guess like they say at Tesco. Every little bit helps. 18 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDMJ Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) 19 minutes ago, AndyB said: I guess like they say at Tesco. Every little bit helps. Isn't that 'Every lidl helps'? (Other brands are available but some fit better than others, especially here around Lidlhampton!) Edited February 11, 2020 by JohnDMJ 1 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Coincidentally I've just been reading that there is still a much debate about what produces lift on aircraft wings. I'm keeping well out of it! It's in Scientific American and you might be able to read it at this link https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-one-can-explain-why-planes-stay-in-the-air/?utm_source=pocket-newtab 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AndyB Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2020 13 minutes ago, JohnDMJ said: Isn't that 'Every lidl helps'? (Other brands are available but some fit better than others, especially here around Lidlhampton!) Perhaps this would have been more arresting as a slogan for my mate. 3 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2020 Ey up! Busy day ahead..mugacaff required first! I must return to a second hand bookshop next door tou apartment today. He has an awful lot of railway books.... Landing and taking off in Funchal can be interesting..as is taking off in Cairns. Most of the landings we had in India were similar to the one HH had in a VC10..STOL... Hope the snow abates BoD... Positive thoughts to all who ail! Baz 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post grandadbob Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2020 Hmmm. You may remember that earlier today I put a damaged fence panel back where it belonged. It obviously didn't like that and has (aided and abetted by the wind) decided to remove itself and park against The Shed again. Fair enough, it can bloody well stay there for now. 5 1 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AndyB Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, AndyID said: Coincidentally I've just been reading that there is still a much debate about what produces lift on aircraft wings. I'm keeping well out of it! It's in Scientific American and you might be able to read it at this link https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-one-can-explain-why-planes-stay-in-the-air/?utm_source=pocket-newtab According to another learned source. "The art, or knack, to flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe Edited February 11, 2020 by AndyB 5 4 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2020 Evening. Gib always worried me - runway in the water at both ends! Ronaldsway of course has lights in the sea too, and in a school field at the other end. What do you mean you have never heard of our airport....LOL Only roughie I had was a go-around at Muscat, after having landed nicely but half way down the runway, as described up-thread somewhere. So the 747 dropped a gear (OK, went to TOGA power) and went like hell, low fuel load meant performance was impressive for a big bird. As was my grip on the seat.....ahem. Still blowing a hoolie here, ferry has only managed one round trip since Saturday morning and has been cancelled again this evening. 4 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 11, 2020 30 minutes ago, AndyID said: Coincidentally I've just been reading that there is still a much debate about what produces lift on aircraft wings. I'm keeping well out of it! It's in Scientific American and you might be able to read it at this link https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-one-can-explain-why-planes-stay-in-the-air/?utm_source=pocket-newtab I could read it. Interesting . The kind of physics I studied wasn't about big things like aeroplanes fortunately. I do remember someone explaining flight getting peeved when I innocently asked how that explained planes flying upside down' 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Din Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 35 minutes ago, AndyID said: Coincidentally I've just been reading that there is still a much debate about what produces lift on aircraft wings. I'm keeping well out of it! It's in Scientific American and you might be able to read it at this link https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-one-can-explain-why-planes-stay-in-the-air/?utm_source=pocket-newtab 2 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Tony_S Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2020 Just now, Din said: Taking off from Calgary in horrible weather after 3 de-icing treatments was interesting. All Aditi said was that the Captain has such a lovely French accent. 4 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDMJ Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 "The definition of a landing is a controlled crash" (David Gunson, 'What Goes Up Might Come Down') 5 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post jamie92208 Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) Evening all from a quiet home in the Charente at least 100 miles from Ikea. We had an i teresting voyage last night. The ferry was diverted as previously mentioned due to 'heavy weather' at St Malo. Cherbourg is a much easier port to get into but there is a problem. It can't accept ro ro ships bows first neither can the berth at Portsmouth. Thus they have to load the lorries by reversing them on so that they can drive off at the other end. That's fine except the last couple of lorries were loaded front first so had to reverse up the ramp at Pompey and Cherbourg then do 3 pointers. This takes time. Anyway the channel was rough and according to the tracker we did loiter off the Normandy beaches for several hours to kill time. The final approach was also a bit rough, just as we were carrying our breakfasts but at least a good night's sleep had been had. The 350 mile drive went as well as can be expected and we got home at 16.45. The car is empty, the fire is hot and Beth is now asleep. The stupid woman wants to do it all again, just to get to a 1st birthday party on May 1st, and at the end of May. I am hoping that wiser counsels will prevail but do not hold out much hope. As to landings, my first ever was also at Pearson in a CPAir 747 in 78. Leeds Bradford was also a triangular RAF field but geography meant that the runway facing the prevailing wind couldn't be extended to take bigger jets. They extended the only one they could which means that nearly all landings are crosswind ones. My first there was in a Jet2 737 which got the wobbles over Horsforth golf course. The pilot banged it down so hard that most of the overhead lockers flew open. We have had several rather rocky ones from both directions. At least we haven't ended up on the golf course like the Tristar did. Good luck to Mrs, Sir TH, hope she can hang on for a few more weeks. Jamie Edited February 11, 2020 by jamie92208 16 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 37 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: ... wants to do it all again, just to get to a 1st birthday party on May 1st, and at the end of May. I can't imagine La Manche being much more reliable or predictable by then. Glad you are home safely. Best of luck come May Day. 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted February 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 11, 2020 29 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: I can't imagine La Manche being much more reliable or predictable by then. Glad you are home safely. Best of luck come May Day. Even going “Tunnel sous la Manche” we were once delayed by high winds. The OHLE on the French side had been damaged. 11 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 G'night all 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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