Squawk as you see fit (Off Topic Thread)

**Timbuk2** · 26-03-2022 12:33pm

Listening to EIDW ATC

”Wind 070 6kts, runway 28L cleared to land”.

I get that this is a very light wind and probably negligible tailwind, but would they not switch to RWY10R. What would be the max tailwind they would tolerate before switching?

smurfjed · 27-03-2022 6:32am

Most aircraft have a 10 or 15 knot tailwind limit, the impact of the tailwind is a higher ground speed at touchdown and a longer landing distance, if the aircraft performance is within limits then you can accept the tailwind.

Airports appear to use 5 knots as the changeover limit, in the above case it was 5.2 knots.

smurfjed · 27-03-2022 6:34am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118833317#Comment_118833317

Thanks, I through the that it was a NORD something or other.

Had time to google it, i guessing its one of these. But no idea if they were operated by the Tanzanian Air Force,

https://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Nord-2501F-3-Noratlas/160690

Hotblack Desiato · 29-03-2022 12:02pm

Hard to know for sure from those photos, they're very similar!

smurfjed · 16-04-2022 4:14pm

My B747 week, haven’t seen this VIP aircraft moving for at least a year but I don’t actually know who owns it these days.

Strumms · 05-05-2022 2:13am

https://news.sky.com/story/virgin-atlantic-flight-forced-to-turn-around-as-pilot-did-not-have-designated-trainer-status-12605587

strange that no automated internal IT cross check insisted that prior to approval and rubber stamping of the pairing that a ‘computer says no’ didn’t alert those rostering or automatically prevent the roster pairing. 🚨 ….

i would doubt any of the conventions governing the liability and loss for an airline such as Montreal or Warsaw would dismiss the responsibility on Virgin for this shîtshow. People will have been seriously inconvenienced, stressed and out of pocket.

Stovepipe · 05-05-2022 5:16am

Not the first. I have heard of at least two similar events in Irish aviation but in both cases, it was discovered before takeoff.

smurfjed · 06-05-2022 12:15am

And I know Of an event where it was discovered at the destination.

They were just approved to fly back.

Remember that this isn’t a cadet with no experience, he is a high hour pilot who is trained on the aircraft. He just hadn’t done his final line check ride with an examiner.

L1011 · 15-05-2022 7:05pm

Business Post today suggests that easyJet are going to cut their A319 seating to 150 (I imagine actually 149) as the few extra seats no longer pay for a fourth CC.

EI ran their sub-150 seat 319s with four CCs for scheduling reasons I believe, but they were a much smaller element of the fleet. If staff costs go up more we might see more aircraft in the just sub100 and sub150 zones.

Hotblack Desiato · 15-05-2022 8:34pm

Can't really understand U2's love for the 319, airframe stretches are usually successful but shrinkages not so much (most of the cost, most of the weight, for less revenue potential). 320/737-800 seems the optimum size for most short haul airlines.

smurfjed · 19-05-2022 5:34pm

Found this in Kigili Rwanda, no idea what happened to it.

Stovepipe · 22-05-2022 7:58pm

must have hit a tree or had a birdstrike at low level.

24-05-2022 12:24pm

This was doing a loop overhead,10kms to the south out over the coast and back in over Arklow this morning

Are those fuel tanks on the wings ?

What is it,what is it used for?

This morning it was training I presume

It wasn't very high

AndyBoBandy · 24-05-2022 1:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119106528#Comment_119106528

Isn't that the plane they use to calibrate/verify the various ILS and transponder beacons dotted around the country?

24-05-2022 1:32pm

No idea

silverharp · 24-05-2022 2:30pm

saw an unusual plane fly over the house again heading out into Dublin bay , it was a twin tail vintage 40's-60's looking plane either passenger or transport type. The unusual bit was that it looked like it had Japanese rising sun markings on the wings.

General Disarray · 24-05-2022 5:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119106528#Comment_119106528

Tellus geological survey Twin Otter.

https://www.gsi.ie/en-ie/programmes-and-projects/tellus/Pages/default.aspx

Mantis Toboggan · 27-05-2022 7:24pm

Lads anyone know good plane spotting viewing areas around Dublin Airport?

smurfjed · 12-06-2022 6:49am

Ysterplaat Military Museum Cape Town.

Shackleton.

smurfjed · 12-06-2022 6:56am

Again.

Thats the Helicopter interior.

SA had a wonderful industry back engineering aircraft, apparently when things changed, everyone who was involved got fined and had to state in writing that they wouldn’t do it again. These days SA has zero aircraft industries for this reason.

Hotblack Desiato · 14-06-2022 5:15pm

The captain's control yoke on the Shackleton looks odd - like there's a second smaller yoke attached to it?

Irish Steve · 15-06-2022 3:21pm

I've also never seen an aircraft that large with separate outboard throttles in the way they are.

General Disarray · 15-06-2022 4:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119202341#Comment_119202341

Nose wheel steering control.

Lots of Russian types had similar

Hotblack Desiato · 16-06-2022 1:22am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119207002#Comment_119207002

Seems much more mechanically complicated than just having one set in the centre. But IIRC the Manchester/Lancaster were designed with just one pilot's station so might be a hangover from that.