geomark Posted February 10, 2020 Posted February 10, 2020 But it is not sucking dust, just leaving dust.Try telling that to a charter company when you want to bring a lear jet into a dirt strip! Long Wheel Base, Bateleur1 and Bonus 3
mazambaan Posted February 10, 2020 Posted February 10, 2020 He he, must be the mad Brazilians. But who has flown into those crazy strips on hillsides in pre Chinese Lesotho? St Theresa's (I think) comes to mind, on a fairly steep hillslope (up) with a road (well, track) crossing at right angles..
SwissVan Posted February 10, 2020 Posted February 10, 2020 I thought sucking dust like this into small jet engines was a big no no?Dust from a few takeoffs or landings will not be a problem. Over the long term repeated dust ingestion would wear down (Erode) the compressor blades leading to power loss and early overhaul or expensive repair. This is common on turbine engines that operate in desert environments, just from flying in the dust laden air and not only from TO and LDG. The main concern would larger items such as stones which would cause FOD (Forgein Objekt damage) on the turbine blades which could turn out to be expensive and potentially lead to premature engine failure. geomark and Long Wheel Base 2
SwissVan Posted February 10, 2020 Posted February 10, 2020 He he, must be the mad Brazilians. But who has flown into those crazy strips on hillsides in pre Chinese Lesotho? St Theresa's (I think) comes to mind, on a fairly steep hillslope (up) with a road (well, track) crossing at right angles..My old man used to work for a company flying in Basutoland/ Lesotho in the 60’s and early 70’sThose guys were real pilots.... flying little Cessna 180’s and some sort of Lockheed... all single engine piston aircraft....a good few of them perished in those mountains, no margin for error. I can still remember flying into a few of them when there was an open seat....Leribe, Mokhotling, Semonkong and Qachas Nek. I sure as hell would not do that now.... to chicken ???? mazambaan 1
SwissVan Posted February 10, 2020 Posted February 10, 2020 Tried to google some Lesotho airport landings, only found this one at Methalaneng... never heard of it Bateleur1 and Bonus 2
SwissVan Posted February 10, 2020 Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) Heres one with a good perspective, watch the TOKeep in mind the height above sea level is flipping high Edited February 10, 2020 by SwissVan Bonus, Bateleur1, Long Wheel Base and 1 other 4
SwissVan Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 Some Basutoland / Lesotho pics out of the old family album The maintenance hangar, clearly before health and safety became popularNote the go kart Some crashes and helicopter lifting out a crashed planes engine ZS-DNF... registration on the tail.And it did not finish well...According to the note on the back of the photo it was flown out and then scrapped as uneconomical to repair... Apparently this Dornier DO 27 had to make a forced landing due to an exhaust valve failure geomark, DJR, Bonus and 6 others 9
eddy Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 https://www.msn.com/en-za/money/politics/former-head-of-procurement-at-saa-technical-remains-defiant-about-dodgy-tender-dealings/ar-BBZRuai?li=BBqfP3n&ocid=ACERDHP17 And this is how is happened at SAA, Eskom, Prasa, Transnet, etc, etc. "Memela has confirmed that Lufthansa originally supplied the winning bid This decision was subsequently overturned due to concerns over “unrealistic low prices”, with the tender then awarded to Air France. The SAAT board proceeded to overturn the Air France decision and opt to award the tender to AAR and its local partner JM Aviation. SAAT’s Human previously told the Zondo Commission that JM Aviation has since been paid R53-million, but fulfilled “zero” of its contractual obligations. Human also estimated that SAA will end up paying R500-million more than budgeted for to AAR by the time the contract expires."
Long Wheel Base Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 https://www.msn.com/en-za/money/politics/former-head-of-procurement-at-saa-technical-remains-defiant-about-dodgy-tender-dealings/ar-BBZRuai?li=BBqfP3n&ocid=ACERDHP17 And this is how is happened at SAA, Eskom, Prasa, Transnet, etc, etc. "Memela has confirmed that Lufthansa originally supplied the winning bid This decision was subsequently overturned due to concerns over “unrealistic low prices”, with the tender then awarded to Air France. The SAAT board proceeded to overturn the Air France decision and opt to award the tender to AAR and its local partner JM Aviation. SAAT’s Human previously told the Zondo Commission that JM Aviation has since been paid R53-million, but fulfilled “zero” of its contractual obligations. Human also estimated that SAA will end up paying R500-million more than budgeted for to AAR by the time the contract expires."This lady was/is so corrupt. She did nothing good here. I feel for Schalk, the guy who took over from her. He is trying hard but inherited a dud. The AAR deal is pathetic. We have had a few zero hour failure parts from them and somehow we just keep paying. The sooner Technical can get out of the AAR deal, the better. eddy 1
Lotus Posted February 11, 2020 Author Posted February 11, 2020 Storm Ciara has provided another load of crazy landing videos! While some think pilots are overpaid (Michael O'Leary?) the pax would disagree (especially the ones who were facing the runway through the side windows!). Bonus and Blackbeard 2
geomark Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 Storm Ciara has provided another load of crazy landing videos! While some think pilots are overpaid (Michael O'Leary?) the pax would disagree (especially the ones who were facing the runway through the side windows!). That's some crazy side slipping, wow
Bonus Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 Storm Ciara has provided another load of crazy landing videos! While some think pilots are overpaid (Michael O'Leary?) the pax would disagree (especially the ones who were facing the runway through the side windows!). There's no way I would get on a plane in the middle of a storm. No way at all!
Lotus Posted February 11, 2020 Author Posted February 11, 2020 There's no way I would get on a plane in the middle of a storm. No way at all!I experienced this a few years ago flying into Raleigh, NC on a regional shuttle plane (puddle-jumper - may have been a turboprop Embraer.It was before 9/11 and the cockpit door was open so I had a clear view of the runway (obscured as it was by the storm) through the windscreen. However most of the time the runway was more visible through my passenger window as the plane side-slipped and lifted/dropped on approach.It was pretty hairy, and somehow at the last moment the stars (plane and runway) aligned for touchdown.Hectic, and very quiet passengers that deplaned from that one. Bonus 1
SwissVan Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 There's no way I would get on a plane in the middle of a storm. No way at all!We are still in the grips of this storm Ciara / Sabine and my wife had to fly to London city from Zurich early this morning.... Bateleur1 and Bonus 2
SwissVan Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 Storm Ciara has provided another load of crazy landing videos! While some think pilots are overpaid (Michael O'Leary?) the pax would disagree (especially the ones who were facing the runway through the side windows!).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dbdG8AwjkQTimes like this the Pilots are earning their money for sure
Pinarello1 Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 Extreme tailwinds helped 3 planes break records flying from New York to London in und… Upside of storm Clara
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