Scary moment on a flight today
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Oof, bet that put the ******'s up ya! :O
Had an interesting landing a month or so back.
Air France landing at Heathrow - had been an extremely turbulent flight due to the bad winds we were having. Nearing the airport we were crusing fairly low and it was shaking and dropping all over the place. I'm a fairly good flyer so was pretty chilled but people were being sick, etc.
We neared the runway and the place was still all over the place and was coming in diagonally (although I hear this is the correct way with crosswind...?) Anyway we touched down and kangaroo'd and looked as if we were not going to straighten up. Engines go into overdrive and we take back off again.
We circled twice and the turbulance was still really bad! The second touchdown was just as bad but we made it down. Think the landing gears would need some serious maintenance afterwards
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i dont want to hear this! flying to iceland in july *breathes slowly*that would totally freak me out..... hopefully it'll be free alcohol on board i will just keep drinking :/
edit ...im thinking i shouldnt read the rest of the stories in this thread
I am a bit of a control freak so have never been a great passenger or flyer and I fly quite often, but it does get better over time and more so when you get an understanding of things and appreciate all the different noises, bongs and feelings.
I have flown 5 times in the last 2 weeks and we only carshed and burned twice
I have flown 5 times in the last 2 weeks and we only carshed and burned twice
It doesn't require them for braking, it just requires them so it can make a slower approach. No aircraft really requires thrust reversers their main job is just to reduce brake wear.
A flapless landing in a 146 with no reverser would have been fun on the brakes
Has the A318 been LCY certified yet?
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You'd be surprised
Yup, the wifes a cabin manager for Thompson Fly, hasn't put me off one bit hearing all about the stuff that goes off
As far as I know. BA are starting a new long haul route with the A318 soon, EGLC - KJFK.
Remember that really bad storm a few weeks ago (early march?).
I took off from Biggin Hill that morning and it was a crazy acsent. Landed an hour later in Cork to similar, but not as bad, weather. Was a very scary ride and being able to see out the pilots window from where I was is pretty nerve racking, the front moves around a hell of a lot!
I took off from Biggin Hill that morning and it was a crazy acsent. Landed an hour later in Cork to similar, but not as bad, weather. Was a very scary ride and being able to see out the pilots window from where I was is pretty nerve racking, the front moves around a hell of a lot!
I had a similar experience but it was the turbulance on the approach that made some of the oxygen masks to drop.
I use to fly a lot with my old job but I've been relatively luckly. Mostly bad landings. 60mph cross wind into Brum was an interesting one, thank God for a seriously good pilot.
But, the one that sticks in mind was a landing at Milan Malpensa. I'd been delayed for 2 hours at Brum and when he had taken off the Captain comes on to say Milan is fogged in and we have left hoping it will be clear by the time we get there.
We get there and the Captain comes on again to say the visibility was just at the level to allow an attempt at landing. All I can assume was the pilots had forward looking infra red as I didn't see anything apart from fog until I was 10 miles outside the airport in a friggin taxi!!!!! The landing was 'firm' to say the least but made worse by no one could being able to see the ground so all we new was there was a sudden big bang and a jolt. The woman next to me started to read the emergency card as we taxi'ed in. Had to laugh at that.Didn't know that, I wouldn't want to be stuck in a single-aisle aircraft for that long a period of time though.
That'll be the smallest ETOPS certified plane too won't it? Although I presume some of the 737 BBJ's are ETOPS certified for their transatlantic routes.
Isn't that the one where they are having to fuel stop at Shannon as they can't carry the fuel to do it in one? Weight take off restriction I'm assuming.
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For the nervous flyers amongst us who have read this thread and are now trembling at the thought of their holidays I'll offer the other side of the coin ... I flew Osaka -> Heathrow on Tuesday (JAL 421 i think), a completely uneventful, but long, flight and a landing so smooth we weren't even sure we were down ... 
Why not, it'll most likely be decked out in club world, should be very nice!
Fair point, it's hardly gonna be pitched at your usual economy lot.
Its an interesting time to be starting to do that seeings as the other non economy airlines offering such a service are struggling so badly.
I know there was a time when two or three of the really big players looked at taking first class out of their cabins to ram more economy in and then put the first class on Global Express, but 9/11 and fuel prices killed that off.
From what I have heard, the BA A318 will depart London City with enough fuel to get to Shannon in the south west of Ireland where it will fill up for the hop over the Atlantic. On the return from JFK it will not have to make any fuel stops due to being able to depart JFK with full tanks and with a bit of help from the prevailing winds.
It should also be kitted out with Club World seats and is aimed solely at business travellers.
I'm not sure about the A318 being the smallest ETOPS rated aircraft, there's plenty of bizjets and whatnot which are ETOPS rated as far as I know
I reckon it will work. There are plenty of business travellers wanting to go to New York without the hassle of Heathrow. Imagine being able to check in 15-20 minutes before departure for a hop over to New York!
It should also be kitted out with Club World seats and is aimed solely at business travellers.
I'm not sure about the A318 being the smallest ETOPS rated aircraft, there's plenty of bizjets and whatnot which are ETOPS rated as far as I know
I reckon it will work. There are plenty of business travellers wanting to go to New York without the hassle of Heathrow. Imagine being able to check in 15-20 minutes before departure for a hop over to New York!
No, they cannot. Ask Blinkz
How rude!!! You can't have been on any of my flights
It all depends where your flying too and how long the runway is. Flying a 737-800 into Aberdeen for example is an experience in itself! You have to thump it down because if you float at all then there will be doubts on if you'll stop before the end of the runway! Like Scuzi says there are also certain conditions (really wet, snow etc) where you need to make a good contact with the ground as it will reduce the chance of aquaplaning and improves control of the a/c on the ground. Plus of course sometimes the wind can just catch you out with a gust at an inappropriate time! (just in the flare that dumps you onto the ground! wasn't me guv honest!!)Sounds like the OPs flight was well handled, obviously a pressurization problem. Not really a big deal, just descend to below 10,000ft. I've had a pack trip off once but its a non event as a single pack can keep a 737 pressurised.
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