“The story from Delta on the LD-3 FOD is that the container was sitting on the ramp, the L1011 was at
idle when a company B757 starting to taxi away and blew the LD-3 across the ramp. I suppose the LD-3
would have gone right through the engine if it hadn’t just been idling! Damage was minimal to the engine (just the inlet).”
Graham Long
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Historical Section, the ever popular approach to the now closed Kai Tak Rwy 13 in Hong Kong.
Most of these pics came from : TWODOG’S TERRITORY
More can be found at: http://home.netvigator.com/~hlhchan/hkgr.htm
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“While some of those photos are obviously botched approaches and landings,
several are actually S.O.P. (standard operating procedure). The 747 is built to withstand landings
where the actual touchdown occurs at as much as a 45 degree crab angle.
This is because the wing mounted engines only allow a very small amount of bank angle at
touchdown to prevent an engine strike. So, 747 pilots must us the “crab method” of crosswind correction
all the way through touchdown, instead of the more landing gear friendly “wing low method.”
Boeing tested this theory in 45 knot direct crosswinds with no damage to the aircraft or its landing gear.”
Matt & Darcy McDaniel
Pic #1 by: Daryl Chapman Mail
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At the end of the roll out the fire services contacted the Captain by VHF and asked if he had a problem as they had seen sparks from the #4 engine. The captain replied that he had no problems and that he would taxi to the parking bay. He noticed that the engine oil quantity was decreasing on #4 and shut it down. On arrival at the parking bay a visual inspection of the engine revealed significant scrapping of the fan cowls at the 6o’clock position, deformation of the fan case at 6o’clock and damage to the thrust reverser cowls at 6o’clock. Upon opening the reverser cowls the bottom of the main gearbox was found
severely cracked, (thus explaining the oil loss), as was the angle gearbox. An engine change was declared and the engine was changed approximately 3 days latter. The Captain was quite surprised at the extent of the damage, as he thought the landing was reasonably normal!
Photos by: Daryl Chapman Mail
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Testing
Lots Of Unsubstantiated Rumour Follows:
Wheel Fuse Plugs Failed, Leading To Explosive Failure Of Wheels.
No Damage to Tires.
(Pilfered From Airbus Web Site)
Max. Ramp Weight: 366.2 Tonnes
Max. Take-off Weight: 365.0 Tonnes
Max. Landing Weight: 254.0 Tonnes
!RUMOURED! Landing Weight During Test: 370 Tonnes
Previous Test at 360 Tonnes Completed Successfully.
Unlikely To Ever Happen In Real Life.
Airframe and Wheel/Brake Manufactures In Heated Discussions.
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Unusual aircraft pictures -2
Ramp Mishaps
Load and balance.
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I was the captain on that flight headed from EDDF to EHAM,
unfortunately unsuccessfully completed.
We started our takeoff roll from runway 25R at Frankfurt at 0804Z, October 11, 1983.
The photo was taken by Mr.Butenhaus, one of our mechanics based in Frankfurt, who was also the maintenance representative onboard the aborted flight.
The pallet/load which shifted was pipes used for nuclear power plant cooling systems.
The airplane was not written off and was flying again about 6 weeks later, having been repaired by a Boeing swat team. The swat team removed the aft fuselage and tail sections, replaced the pressure dome/bulkhead, aft fuselage and the tails sections.
In fact, I also flew the airplane on its first trip back in revenue service. It was a great airplane.
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Alaskan Airliners PosterPage
Barry Byne writes:
“An Asiana B747-400 had difficulty getting to the gate, and ran intoa parked Aeroflot plane. The wing of the Aeroflot plane tore into the #1engine of the Asiana causing a minor fuel spill, then the wing of the 747buried itself in the tail of the parked Aeroflot plane.”
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Unverified and sanitized story about Incident
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Unusual aircraft pictures
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How to get replacement engines to far of locations,
in this case Bangkok Thailand.
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PICTURES: UK conversion work to start on A330 tanker
The first of 12 Airbus A330 Voyagers due be converted in the UK under the Ministry of Defence’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft programme touched down at Bournemouth airport in Dorset on 26 August.Cobham Aviation Services is due to start work on the aircraft in a newly refurbished hangar to be opened formally on 2 September. Key activities will include installing Cobham 905E under-wing hose and drogue refuelling pods with all 12 aircraft and fuselage drum units on six three-point tankers.
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To be introduced under a private finance initiative deal with AirTanker, the Voyager fleet will replace the RAF’s Lockheed TriStar and Vickers VC10 tanker/transports. All 14 modified A330s should be in operational use by mid-2016.
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