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New Airbus Pictures fron the air.
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 |
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New Airbus Pictures fron the air.
Wow thats a big vertical stabilizer. I hope its glued on better than
previous models! 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 -- Joe Leikhim K4SAT "The RFI-EMI-GUY"© "Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason." "Follow The Money" ;-P |
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New Airbus Pictures fron the air.
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.) -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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New Airbus Pictures fron the air.
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. But it does look a lot closer than the 7 miles mentioned on the web page. BT "Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... 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.) -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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New Airbus Pictures fron the air.
7 miles away it was save.
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... 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.) -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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New Airbus Pictures fron the air.
Zoomed all the way in. I wish I would have had my Nikon D100 with the
telephoto lenses. I just had a cannon 710 in my flight bag. It was exciting for what ever reason. How many happen to be flying and get to see a new plane descend down through the clouds. Anyone can see it go up through them. "BT" wrote in message ... 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. But it does look a lot closer than the 7 miles mentioned on the web page. BT "Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... 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.) -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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New Airbus Pictures fron the air.
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 |
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New Airbus Pictures fron the air.
**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY** writes:
Wow thats a big vertical stabilizer. I hope its glued on better than previous models! On previous models, the stabilizer was much weaker than the rest of the aircraft. Now the entire aircraft has been weakened so that it all fails as a single unit in a coherent way. If anything, the under-strength wings will go first. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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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. |
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New Airbus Pictures fron the air.
"TheSmokingGnu" wrote in message ... 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. |
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