BA 777 crash at Heathrow

Big John wrote in
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On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:31:40 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
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Big John wrote in
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Bertie

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I have time in C-130, C-121 and C-141 but nothing in the modern Jet
transport airliners. Weren't around when I retired.



Wouldn't be that much different from teh 141, I wouldn't think.

Want to thank you for the Tech data you gave in basic post that I
clipped to save space.

I ask lots of questions and learn something new every day.

What bird do you normally fly or are you multiple currently
qualified?


Flying the 757 at the moment and current on widebody (non FBW) busses
though I haven't flown one in a couple of years now.
I know a few guys that flew the 141 out of McGuire.


Bertie
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Bertie

On 141 the first takeoff a fire warning light came on. I said should
we do anything about that light (IE shut engine down) and IP so no
it comes one very take off and goes out when we cut power back and
that's what it did. Was fixed when bird got back home


Ha ha! those were he days!
I'd be strung up for that now!

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Now that I've some one to ask questions to.

In my many years in the Air Defense Command we would normally make one
or more, depending on fuel, GCA's on most of our landings back at home
plate, even in clear Wx. This kept us and GCA highly proficient for
use in bad WX. It allowed me to make ONE zero zero landing out of a
GCA approach (

We also had a ILS receiver in birds and shot enough ILS's to maintain
minimum proficiency.

At most of the fields where we ran practice ILS's I found that the
signal went ape about minims and needles would bounce off of both
stops.

Has this been corrected or do you get route training an know which
ILS'S do this so you can hold what you got and fly through the bad
signal area?

Got some pictures from a VN friend who now works for FAA of a 380 that
ran off taxi way some place. Do you know where and how did they
recover. Didn't look like any damage as was just taxiing. If you want
the pictures, give me a e-mail address I can send to.

Stay out of the accident column )


I'll try!

The radio gear has improived quite a lot since then. We regulaly do Cat3
autolandings and damned if the airplane doesn't do them almost
perfectly. I mean the needles don't budge on the way down an ILS. Used
to be I could go donw an ILS almost as good myself, but we use auto
aproach so much nowadays that edge is disappearing.
Don;t know about the 380. I vaguely remember one having a runway
excursion, but I can't remember where.


Bertie