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Post by scouse on Jan 3, 2020 17:21:02 GMT
FML that's impressive:-
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Post by humphreythepug on Jan 3, 2020 17:44:09 GMT
Piece of piss!!!
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Post by LandieMark on Jan 3, 2020 17:52:05 GMT
That would have been uncomfortable from a passenger point of view, especially is sat at the back. 🤮
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Post by johnc on Jan 3, 2020 18:27:21 GMT
We had a landing like that at Milan airport many years ago but the pilot was missing a few of those skills - we were on two wheels on one side then two on the other side with lots of violent movements before he got all wheels on the ground. There was a deadly silence from the cabin!
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Post by Ben on Jan 3, 2020 18:31:53 GMT
Shit a brick! That's insane!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2020 19:24:05 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2020 20:10:11 GMT
My ad blocker kills twatter links on here, too.
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Post by scouse on Jan 4, 2020 15:59:12 GMT
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Post by michael on Jan 4, 2020 16:37:01 GMT
Impressive skills. Would there be any benefit in being able to steer the rear wheels to point in the direction of travel in these circumstances? Or is that just complicating matters?
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Post by Boxer6 on Jan 4, 2020 17:50:53 GMT
Impressive skills. Would there be any benefit in being able to steer the rear wheels to point in the direction of travel in these circumstances? Or is that just complicating matters? Speaking only as a model aircraft flyer, I'd say not. The pilot already has his/her hands full (literally!) and it would be almost instinctual for an experienced pilot to kick the rudder rather than anything else.
I have personally landed quite a few models in exactly the same way over the past few years, albeit not at quite such extreme angles!
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Post by johnc on Jan 4, 2020 18:05:01 GMT
I flew in an Xtreme 300 aircraft about 15 years ago which had a tail wheel and means with the nose up attitude, the pilot can't see the ground out of the front of the plane - the only way to land is to come in sideways with lots of rudder to let you see out of the side of the cockpit and just before touchdown take the rudder off and wait for the wheels to touch whilst all you can see is sky: it's an interesting experience.
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Post by Big Blue on Jan 5, 2020 0:45:14 GMT
I had a landing once where the plane took a sidewind at about 50ft up. The pilot decided to straighten it up and then slam it on the deck as soon as possible. We were consequently too fast on the runway so when it came to our turn off the runway to the gates he slammed the anchors and literally chucked a left, as if Juha Kankkunen was at the wheel and Scandi-flicked it.
My favourite landing ever though was where we landed nicely, approached the gate and stopped smoothly. Seatbelts lights were on but of course the "regular traveller pricks" were standing up to retrieve their overhead luggage in case they lost 30 or 40 seconds of their life in the airport. We were a few meters short of the sky-bridge (yes I know: PBB), though so the pilot spooled up the engine a bit and shot forwards, sending the aforementioned "regular traveller pricks" flying although they thought they'd landed. The purser came on and reminded passengers that they should remain seated with their seat belts on until the seatbelt light has gone out. Pretty sure the crew planned it all to entertain the rest of us.....
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Post by scouse on Jan 6, 2020 2:45:12 GMT
Impressive skills. Would there be any benefit in being able to steer the rear wheels to point in the direction of travel in these circumstances? Or is that just complicating matters? Don’t know. The B52 has steerable main gear which means they can land at an angle to the runway with the gear facing direction of travel. |
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Post by michael on Jan 6, 2020 10:11:50 GMT
Impressive skills. Would there be any benefit in being able to steer the rear wheels to point in the direction of travel in these circumstances? Or is that just complicating matters? Don’t know. The B52 has steerable main gear which means they can land at an angle to the runway with the gear facing direction of travel. I spoke to my brother about this. Apparently it depends on the configuration of the undercarriage, so large heavy aircraft with lots of axles do turn wheels but on fewer axles it's less of an issue. |
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Post by PG on Jan 6, 2020 10:16:23 GMT
Very smooth and impressive bit of piloting there.
I think it is basically that pilots do earn too much - 99.9% of the time they fly. The other 0.1% they are vastly underpaid.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jan 6, 2020 10:48:29 GMT
I have a good mate who's an easyjet pilot (he was a pharmaceutical rep, hated his job, so re-trained as a pilot). He's a Captain and to go any higher in the Company he'd need to re-locate from the North East to Luton. There's more chance of easyjet re-launching Concorde than that happening so he's happy to see out his days on what they call a 75% roster, which gives him time off for golf and skiing. He says that 99% of the time it's a boring job, flying a European triangle of airports - UK - Germany - Spain - UK. Take off, stick the autopilot on or let the young first officer have a go, read a book, watch his iPad, and then land. A glorified coach driver really. But then there's that 1% of the time that his passengers are happy that there is actually someone there to take the reigns and it's not all in the hands of the computer.
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Post by Ben on Jan 6, 2020 11:34:23 GMT
My favourite landing ever though was where we landed nicely, approached the gate and stopped smoothly. Seatbelts lights were on but of course the "regular traveller pricks" were standing up to retrieve their overhead luggage in case they lost 30 or 40 seconds of their life in the airport. We were a few meters short of the sky-bridge (yes I know: PBB), though so the pilot spooled up the engine a bit and shot forwards, sending the aforementioned "regular traveller pricks" flying although they thought they'd landed. The purser came on and reminded passengers that they should remain seated with their seat belts on until the seatbelt light has gone out. Pretty sure the crew planned it all to entertain the rest of us..... In today's climate there'll probably be lawsuits galore if that happened... |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2020 12:54:06 GMT
You would have to prove beyond all reasonable doubt and few lawyers would take it on imho.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jan 6, 2020 13:00:22 GMT
That landing was very much on the boundary of go for it/boot it and do a go around. Impressive.
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Post by Tim on Jan 6, 2020 15:24:39 GMT
My favourite landing ever though was where we landed nicely, approached the gate and stopped smoothly. Seatbelts lights were on but of course the "regular traveller pricks" were standing up to retrieve their overhead luggage in case they lost 30 or 40 seconds of their life in the airport. We were a few meters short of the sky-bridge (yes I know: PBB), though so the pilot spooled up the engine a bit and shot forwards, sending the aforementioned "regular traveller pricks" flying although they thought they'd landed. The purser came on and reminded passengers that they should remain seated with their seat belts on until the seatbelt light has gone out. Pretty sure the crew planned it all to entertain the rest of us..... There were a few of those pricks on our return flight from Prague recently. The lead stewardess went on the PA to remind people to adhere to the seatbelt light, paused and then said something like "yes you too Sir, the lights are on and we can see you". |
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Post by LandieMark on Jan 6, 2020 15:40:32 GMT
I have a good mate who's an easyjet pilot (he was a pharmaceutical rep, hated his job, so re-trained as a pilot). He's a Captain and to go any higher in the Company he'd need to re-locate from the North East to Luton. There's more chance of easyjet re-launching Concorde than that happening so he's happy to see out his days on what they call a 75% roster, which gives him time off for golf and skiing. He says that 99% of the time it's a boring job, flying a European triangle of airports - UK - Germany - Spain - UK. Take off, stick the autopilot on or let the young first officer have a go, read a book, watch his iPad, and then land. A glorified coach driver really. But then there's that 1% of the time that his passengers are happy that there is actually someone there to take the reigns and it's not all in the hands of the computer. A friend in the village is a First Officer out of NCL for Easyjet and he doesn't want to progress to Captain for the same reason that he would have to move South. |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jan 6, 2020 18:40:48 GMT
I have a good mate who's an easyjet pilot (he was a pharmaceutical rep, hated his job, so re-trained as a pilot). He's a Captain and to go any higher in the Company he'd need to re-locate from the North East to Luton. There's more chance of easyjet re-launching Concorde than that happening so he's happy to see out his days on what they call a 75% roster, which gives him time off for golf and skiing. He says that 99% of the time it's a boring job, flying a European triangle of airports - UK - Germany - Spain - UK. Take off, stick the autopilot on or let the young first officer have a go, read a book, watch his iPad, and then land. A glorified coach driver really. But then there's that 1% of the time that his passengers are happy that there is actually someone there to take the reigns and it's not all in the hands of the computer. A friend in the village is a First Officer out of NCL for Easyjet and he doesn't want to progress to Captain for the same reason that he would have to move South. Oh well he’ll definitely know my mate. |
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Post by Big Blue on Jan 6, 2020 23:54:35 GMT
He's a Captain and to go any higher in the Company he'd need to re-locate from the North East to Luton. There's more chance of easyjet re-launching Concorde than that happening The people of Luton don’t want to be located in Luton! |
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