New Airbus Pictures fron the air.

BT wrote:

what that heck are you talking about... safety... photo ops?

Anyone can safely fly 1000ft above a heavy.. or in ATC approach airspace..
IFR.. 3 miles lateral.




ATC only needs one foot above a heavier aircraft to provide wake
turbulence separation, 100 feet above is the practical minimum as that's
what the mode C reports. Three miles only works until you are directly
behind.

Newps.. I was referring to IFR separation rules.. as both the A380 and the
Bo taking the pictures were on IFR clearances..

BT

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BT wrote:

what that heck are you talking about... safety... photo ops?

Anyone can safely fly 1000ft above a heavy.. or in ATC approach
airspace.. IFR.. 3 miles lateral.




ATC only needs one foot above a heavier aircraft to provide wake
turbulence separation, 100 feet above is the practical minimum as that's
what the mode C reports. Three miles only works until you are directly
behind.

7 miles away it was save.
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Aluckyguess writes:

I was flying into Van Nuys this morning IFR when ATC told us to look
11:00
and we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first Flight
into
LAX. I took a few pictures.
http://kevinandrews.com/this_is_the_...s_superjum.htm

Even ATC fell under the spell? Photo ops first, safety second. Or was
"traffic a factor" legitimately in this case? (Seems unlikely if you were
descending into VNY and the Scarebus was descending into LAX, unless that
wake
turbulence is even worse than they've been saying.)

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Mxsmanic wrote in
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Aluckyguess writes:

I was flying into Van Nuys this morning IFR when ATC told us to look
11:00 and we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first
Flight into LAX. I took a few pictures.
http://kevinandrews.com/this_is_the_...s_superjum.htm

Even ATC fell under the spell? Photo ops first, safety second. Or
was "traffic a factor" legitimately in this case? (Seems unlikely if
you were descending into VNY and the Scarebus was descending into LAX,
unless that wake turbulence is even worse than they've been saying.)

your cluelessness knows no bounds , does it?


Bertie

Aluckyguess wrote:
we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first Flight into
LAX.

Lucky bastage! I'd have gone to the show, but I've got ruddy classes in
the morning. :*(

TheSmokingGnu

"TheSmokingGnu" wrote in message
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Aluckyguess wrote:
we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first Flight into
LAX.

Lucky bastage! I'd have gone to the show, but I've got ruddy classes in
the morning. :*(

TheSmokingGnu
I did feel lucky. My CFI asked if I would pick one of his pilots up at VNY.
He was in a King Air I was in my A36 and we beat him there. He did a missed
approach so we were able to get in first. I am doing my IFR training so I
got a free session in actual IFR. The Airbus was just icing on the cake.

"Aluckyguess" wrote in message
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I was flying into Van Nuys this morning IFR when ATC told us to look 11:00
and we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first Flight into
LAX. I took a few pictures.
http://kevinandrews.com/this_is_the_...s_superjum.htm

Cool! Thanks for the photos! I bet that was pretty cool to see.

I was coming in to my home base Sunday night, which is close to our big
airport, and had a cargo 747 pass above me. I thought that thing looked
big, I bet the 380 looked HUGE.....

Thanks again...

John

"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:19:31 -0700, "Aluckyguess" wrote:

I was flying into Van Nuys this morning IFR when ATC told us to look 11:00
and we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first Flight into
LAX. I took a few pictures.
http://kevinandrews.com/this_is_the_...s_superjum.htm

I Tivoed the local news covering the landing at LA. If you can find
any on the web, it's interesting.

The wind was pretty calm, but the captain was working the rudder a LOT
on landing, and it got significantly sideways on touchdown. Very odd.

Noticed that as well, I figured it was a crosswind.

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DW

In article ,
"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote:

"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:19:31 -0700, "Aluckyguess" wrote:

I was flying into Van Nuys this morning IFR when ATC told us to look 11:00
and we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first Flight into
LAX. I took a few pictures.
http://kevinandrews.com/this_is_the_...s_superjum.htm

I Tivoed the local news covering the landing at LA. If you can find
any on the web, it's interesting.

The wind was pretty calm, but the captain was working the rudder a LOT
on landing, and it got significantly sideways on touchdown. Very odd.

Noticed that as well, I figured it was a crosswind.

I was watching the right and left wings flexing during the touochdown
and rollout.

"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com writes:

Noticed that as well, I figured it was a crosswind.

Or a computer.

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