Commercial Airliners

[roydo]

Understand the space issue, and I know planning in Britain is extremely different than here in the US, which seems like endless space, but all you need is one crosswind runway to make the approach and landing safer. You can do that without building a Chicago Midway or DFW monstrosity. Then again I don't understand why the island has more than about 8 or so airports to begin with. (And I probably don't truly appreciate the space issue, but it's not like wind is new either.)

The airport the Chinese flight landed at, if Bristol UK, has the normal 3 approaches, in a triangular configuration.

And we have way more than 8 airports. London has 4 alone. Without even touching Google, Bristol, Southampton, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Durham, Plymouth/Exeter, Leeds. Loads more.

 

[SerenityNigh]

The airport the Chinese flight landed at, if Bristol UK, has the normal 3 approaches, in a triangular configuration.

And we have way more than 8 airports. London has 4 alone. Without even touching Google, Bristol, Southampton, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Durham, Plymouth/Exeter, Leeds. Loads more.

I've driven 3 hours to Dallas in a car to take a Southwest flight and save a few hundred $ (and some hours in layovers) so it's hard for me to wrap my head around the British commute and travel

*But to me, the long term solution is simple, and Glasgow/Ediburgh is a good example. Instead of investing in these smaller airports, build a large airport between the two and Falkirk, large enough for all of your large airline and parcel/shipment needs. Use this to build up your train infrastructure in the area, create a new area of industry that isn't limited by the lack of space you have in the urban areas. Maybe this is too much Yank-thought, but that's how it seems to me.

 

[Methuselah]

I'm in the RAF and my leaving gift from my last Sqn was a flight in a Tornado down the River Mersey. It was unbelievable, we flew back over to the East Coast and did some barrel rolls and a supersonic loop; before heading back to base. Loved it!

What a mega experience that was. I was offered something not quite as exotic when I was serving in Malaya. I was leaving the West Yorkshire Regiment to go down to Singapore. The RAF pilot who flew the 'spotter' plane invited me to go up with him. It was a propeller plane with the wing over the fuselage, like they flew in WW1. The spotter planes were used to fly over the jungle looking for signs of terrorist occupation. It was known for them to be fired at by the terrorists. I declined the offer as I was worried about missing my train back to Singapore. The thought of being target practise for terrorists never entered my mind - honest!lol

 

[summerisle]

Bloody hell.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Flight between two Orkney Islands lasts less than 2 minutes

 

[LinekersLegs]

I've driven 3 hours to Dallas in a car to take a Southwest flight and save a few hundred $ (and some hours in layovers) so it's hard for me to wrap my head around the British commute and travel

*But to me, the long term solution is simple, and Glasgow/Ediburgh is a good example. Instead of investing in these smaller airports, build a large airport between the two and Falkirk, large enough for all of your large airline and parcel/shipment needs. Use this to build up your train infrastructure in the area, create a new area of industry that isn't limited by the lack of space you have in the urban areas. Maybe this is too much Yank-thought, but that's how it seems to me.

Tbf you’d have thought that there would have been a much better site than the summer fog bound location that was chosen to build SFO and given the space they had someone should have considered putting the runways further apart than 750 ft but to my regular annoyance planners didn’t!

 

[SerenityNigh]

Tbf you’d have thought that there would have been a much better site than the summer fog bound location that was chosen to build SFO and given the space they had someone should have considered putting the runways further apart than 750 ft but to my regular annoyance planners didn’t!

If that’s the only grievance you have with city planning in the San Fran area, your list is shorter than most.

*Regarding SFO, probably they use the parallels for takeoff and landing on separate runways, which shortens time between departures and arrivals.

 

[roydo]

@SerenityNigh

 

[SerenityNigh]

Not for the faint of heart, but I know @LinekersLegs will at least be interested in this.

BA492 missed approach over Gibraltar this week, view from inside and outside:

 

[The binman chronicles]

Not for the faint of heart, but I know @LinekersLegs will at least be interested in this.

BA492 missed approach over Gibraltar this week, view from inside and outside:

Seems to me like the Pilot had just finished his job driving the Everton supporters coach before flying for BA.

 

[Frang]

Seems to me like the Pilot had just finished his job driving the Everton supporters coach before flying for BA.

Pilots get even worse than the brick lads... Believe me

 

[Tree13]

As retold by the man himself...

I've read that account, but I've never heard it.

Every bit as good as it is written down.

 

[canuckblue]

Flight between two Orkney Islands lasts less than 2 minutes

But it takes an hour for your luggage to be unloaded.

 

[Ihaters]

Seems to me like the Pilot had just finished his job driving the Everton supporters coach before flying for BA.

I went the other way and couldn't help thinking somehow kopites had managed to get either side of the plane.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Not for the faint of heart, but I know @LinekersLegs will at least be interested in this.

BA492 missed approach over Gibraltar this week, view from inside and outside:

Yikes!

Definitely “be careful opened the overhead bins as things may have shifted during flight” ....including several passengers stomach contents I’d guess.