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Video of Barry's 747 SP picture....
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:32 pm
by SydneyJules
Wow... this guy is good- wouldve had to put it right on the keys to pull that thing up in time...
Whaddya Reckon Greg, Fedezyl, Matt? This guy's got a few years up his sleeve!
And the sound of those JT8s spooling up as he goes around about sums it all up for me- I just love Jet NOISE!!
http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/20 ... +wide.html
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:35 pm
by matt
Nice video!
QF did a similar final flight for a 747 into longreach for their museum.( don't know how wide the runway is there), prob more than 15m tho' you south Africans!!!!! Ha ha
Was that flight for the same reason or scap etc
Geez the aircrafts final flight, the temptation for a high speed "beat up" would be too much..............
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:49 pm
by SydneyJules
Same reason as the Longreach flight- storage for a museum-
How's HK and the 73s going?
Got my interview on Weds!
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:23 pm
by 75evo
You guys reckon the SP can put on its brakes and go full throttle to build up thrust and then let go? That was how the early 737-100/200 (the one with the long engine) took off from the runway in my hometown. By the time we got to the 737-300 this was no longer an issue. DC-10s, tristars, 747-200s, A-300s never needed this. Hell even the fokker friendship never had this issue.
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:54 pm
by Barry
Jooolz,its 7.45 am and Ive just watched the vid..Thanks mate,believe that I have tears in my eye`s..The hours I spent replacing the fuel indicator harness in the wing tanks on papa charlie with my crew were some of the best in my life...The anti stat suites,fuel shloshing about,the baffled compartments.....Its something very few people experince ever..
Nothing like working on these aircraft..
I do not know what Im doing working on friggin Alfa`s...
Thanks dude..
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:17 am
by Zamani
Think of it as an upgrade Barry
Moving on to more difficult and less reliable things
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Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 1:02 pm
by Greg Gordon
Pretty cool 747 action.
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:15 pm
by matt
Good luck Wed' Jules !! Things going well up here, its been a busy 6 months......so many changes, finally getting back into some sort of normal routine now. I'll post some pics
.....but no alfas in sight here
well 116's anyways......only FWD alfas
Geez barry anti static suits crawling around in the wing tanks!!! You're a braver man than me! You must have some great stories to share!
I wish i had a my gtv here, miss having an alfa to drive/tinker with as much as i would miss flying!
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:10 pm
by fedezyl
heh, sadly I just can't make it work, but I imagine putting down a 747 in a 15m wide runway must be interesting to say the least!!!
I'm getting ready for my recurrent training now, they are bringing another 737 but this one has an Sp177 autopilot and autothrottle...so no more handflying I guess...I love automatisms!!
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:26 pm
by SydneyJules
Geezuz Barry that to me sounds like a Claustrophobe's worst nightmare!!
Thanks Matt- Nice piccies - dont worry mate, the 'fett. GT will be glad to see you too when you get back to it.. . looking forward to another HK update.
Fedezyl... the only autopilots Ive dealt with were in Duchesses (obviously!)- one would gently oscillate between 50' +/- in Alt. hold mode- in the end you get annoyed and just disconnect it...
Zamani- that is the best bloody call Ive read in a while- and OH so true!
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:52 pm
by MD
I do not know what Im doing working on friggin Alfa`s...
..you're a masochist like the rest of us..and lovin' it !!