jb747
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Was that at WLG?
Yes, it was gusting to 65 knots or so...
Was that at WLG?
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Surprised it wasn't a go around after the nose came back up.
The engines would have been taken to idle, and there will be a substantial time before they produce go around power. It isn't as simple as you might imagine.
Dug up these numbers for A330-2xx/3xx_:
Maximum demonstrated Crosswind = 40kts
Maximum enhanced Crosswind = 45kts
What is the the difference between demonstrated and enhanced?
With respect to the A330-3xx / 2xx when landing in conditions like the maximums you sometimes see at airports like Perth is the ability to land restricted by the amount of rudder / aileron input you can use or by the ability of the PIC or all of the above. With the Airbus in Normal Law are the rudder / aileron inputs in the flare limited? Do these limitations get increased under Direct, Alternate (1/2) or Mechanical Law?
I seem to recall back in 1999 a QF 747-300 scraping a pod when landing onto RWY 24 in Perth with an excessive crosswind.
When you say substantial time, I know while you are sitting there waiting for it, it will seem like minutes, but in reality, how many seconds are you talking.
YSSY | 17/08/2017 UTC TAF YSSY 172300Z 1800/1906 26030G45KT CAVOK FM180900 26020G30KT CAVOK FM181400 23018KT CAVOK FM182300 20025G35KT 9999 SCT040 RMK FM180000 SEV TURB BLW 5000FT TILL181400 FM181400 MOD TURB BLW 5000FT T 16 17 16 14 Q 1008 1006 1008 1011 |
Is a A388 limited for fuel when having to use RWY25 for departure? Would an A388 have the legs to get to KLAX or would it need to do a splash and dash into Nadi?
A couple of interesting scenarios in YSSY this morning 18th August with the strong Westerlies.... QF11 A388 OQL SYD-LAX departed off RWY25.
JB747 - Similar to the scenario above casting your mind back were the 744's limited in their ability to use RWY25 for long haul flights. I recall on the old QF107 SYD-LAX flight where the operational RWY was RWY25. According to the Captain we were too heavy to use RWY25 and the cross wind on RWY34L was still within limits so RWY34L it was. We taxied down to the threshold of RWY34L but waited for 15-20 minutes for take off as we were 'orphaned' on an alternative runway and had to wait for a break in the departing / arriving traffic on RWY25.
On a few occasions prior to the introduction of the A388's and during the hot summer months where the temperature rose above 40C we took off from RWY25 but needed to do a splash and dash into Nadi...
As the aircraft will almost always already have been refuelled, the choice mostly doesn't exist..you just have to wait.
Do the company operations team submit a standard order for fuel on your behalf for each trip and you can add to this dependant on the enroute forecast and/or forecast at your destination? Or do you submit an order via the company to the refuellers prior to getting to the airport and then add to this as required? As well as high temperatures does the altitude of the airport become a limiting factor when determining which runways can be used (i.e. OR Tambo - Johannesburg - 5,000ft+ / 1680m)?
This isn't all sectors, or even all days, but getting to MTOW, is always a juggling act.
Wouldn't a weighing of passengers with their carry on give a more accurate reading of weight?. Presumably the difference between passenger+carryon estimated is not that far different to actual that its worth the excercise? Though if trying to juggle around MTOW, every 100kg counts?
BTW are the catering carts weighed?
If you need 1 ton to be taken back, how many passengers, carry on, checked do you offload?
It was typhoon signal 10 in HKG today, with the system I believe packing winds of almost 100 knots. Somehow, one flight managed to land in that wind (probably the only one who tried). Has anyone here tried to land in such conditions?