Was trapped in Kwajelin with an H model that had it's weather radar broken, the massive fuse kept blowing so we kept relying on weather reports from F111 flying ahead of us The F111s we were left behind to fix had issues when flying out of Kwajelin as well and took us two days to fix On the day they left one had more issues and when we got it to the stage the engines worked and the nav was ok pilot said they were going no matter what ...... we had been away for 3 months so everyone was keen to get home
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He is. The best way to fix the country is to fly around in your private jet and tell people to stop driving cars and heating their house. Thank God for Greg!
From another forum:\ Without wanting to bore anyone, here is some information, 2nd hand from the Flight Deck, on yesterdays C-130 landing at Wigram. As you would expect the crew planned meticulously for the mission using aircraft performance charts, weather, landing strip specs, etc. The aircraft had to clear some trees at the approach end, and then touch down in a “box” marked at that end of the runway, without a flare, and producing no bounce. Using a headwind of 4kt as their met condition they had calculated that the approach needed to be a maximum of 89kts. This would give them a margin above stall while also giving them time to stop in the runway length available, On their first approach the wind had swung around to become a tailwind. This gave them a ground speed of 94 knots at touchdown. As this was above their max of 89kts they “went around” (touch and go). This is not an usual evolution for the C-130 during short field operations. The C-130 was light, not much fuel, no freight, so the 4 Allison T-56’s driving the Hamilton Standard 54H60 propellors had no trouble getting that old bird back into the air. They then stooged around for a while until the wind settled down into the required head wind. For the second, and successful, landing they touched down at 88kts. And stopped with 200feet to spare. Training, planning, execution, equals success.
Very cool! I wouldn’t call the first attempt a “landing”. Was Wes flying it? Interesting to me is that once they hit reverse on the second landing the flaps seem to retract as part of the process. That kind of makes sense as it would help to kill the lift and add weight to the wheels but I don’t think I’ve seen that before. Where’s Moretti when you need him?
There’s no way that should have been approved. 200 metres, maybe. At a pinch, and even then I’m questioning it.
I guess the takeaway is that the RNZAF is quite happy to take ludicrous risks when it comes to storing their most modern aircraft (less than 100 years old) but other risks can be handled by Aus and US. Situation normal.
On the other hand, did you see that footage of a QANTASlink small regional plane being landed in Brisbane last week during the 'cyclone'? Was waggling all over the place in the winds but he stuck the landing neat as a pin!
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