Simviation Forum - A380 at Heathrow!!

May 18^th, 2006 at 1:00pm

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Today is the big day for LHR!! Cheesy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4990780.stm

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Reply #1 - May 18^th, 2006 at 2:02pm

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Yup I was there this morning.

Not the smoothest landing and approach but good stuff all the same, it was windy. 8)

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Reply #2 - May 18^th, 2006 at 2:03pm

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Must have a fantastic lens on that camera. Shocked

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Reply #3 - May 18^th, 2006 at 3:09pm

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"Together with Mr Brown were the heads of some of the 16 airlines that have already ordered the 240ft-long aircraft, which will go into passenger service in December this year."
240ft! Surely the plane is longer than that! Maybe they mean 240m?
I can't wait till one of these behemoths flies into Philly, if they ever do.

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Reply #4 - May 18^th, 2006 at 3:28pm

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240ft! Surely the plane is longer than that! Maybe they mean 240m?

240ft = 73m, so about 10ft longer than the 747...

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Not the smoothest landing and approach but good stuff all the same, it was windy.

Just can't get the staff nowadays... 8) Grin

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Reply #5 - May 18^th, 2006 at 3:29pm

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240ft! Surely the plane is longer than that! Maybe they mean 240m?

73 metres or 239 ft 3 in. http://www.airbus.com/en/aircraftfamilies/a380/a380/specifications.html

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Reply #6 - May 18^th, 2006 at 4:27pm

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Ummm.. not only was that a "rough" landing.. the nose wheel made contact BEFORE the right mains..

Just how windy was it ?

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Reply #7 - May 18^th, 2006 at 5:53pm

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The weather in england today has been awful just about everywhere.

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Reply #8 - May 18^th, 2006 at 6:29pm

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Ummm.. not only was that a "rough" landing.. the nose wheel made contact BEFORE the right mains..

Just how windy was it ?

What video where you watching?! ???

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Reply #9 - May 18^th, 2006 at 6:32pm

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You've either misread the statement or need to closely watch the video again.
He is right, the left main gear touches down, then the nose gear, and finally the right side main gear touches down. Most likely a result of a cross wind.

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Reply #10 - May 18^th, 2006 at 6:47pm

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What video where you watching?!

This one.. Watch the nose-wheel tire smoke.. THEN you see right main smoke..

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12851908/?GT1=8199

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Reply #11 - May 18^th, 2006 at 7:06pm

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It was bloody windy, I can tell you that for free.

The descent looked like it was done in steps.... you know down a bit more......down a bit more.... down a bit more etc.

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Reply #12 - May 18^th, 2006 at 7:14pm

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That link definitely has a better video quality, and yes I can now see that the nose does touch before the right main gear.

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Reply #13 - May 18^th, 2006 at 10:08pm

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I saw the landing video on CNN and the anchor said it was a bad landing. I bet the anchor was paid by Boeing to say that!

There was a crosswind for the love of god!!!

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Reply #14 - May 18^th, 2006 at 10:43pm

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It wasn't a really good landing, but neither was it a disaster. After all the aircraft is in one piece and everyone's happy

But what you saw might've been caused by a high autobrake selection which really plants the nosewheel onto the runway, just speculation from my part.

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