A BMI British Midland A321 will be seen at Brum this Saturday operating a Malaga sub-service for Monarch.
It is scheduled to arrive back at 1200 GMT (1300 local) and will layover before departing back to Heathrow at 1515 GMT (1615 local).
Just thought I’d let you know in case you wanted to catch a glimpse of this aircraft at BHX.
By: Airline owner - 2nd April 2004 at 16:44
There was a C17 globemaster there today 2nd April
By: Mark L - 2nd April 2004 at 16:06
Many thanks, never come across that one before!
By: Spey111 - 2nd April 2004 at 15:13
PROB 30 = Probability 30% of whatever comes after it. ie Showers/Cloud/Visbilty etc.
Hope this helps
By: Mark L - 2nd April 2004 at 14:19
Thanks Moondance, also what is PROB30 ?
By: Moondance - 2nd April 2004 at 14:03
Very close, only minor corrections, most important being the first bit.
021025Z = date & time of the issue of the forecast (2/4 at 1025Z)
021812 = peroid of validity, commences at 1800Z on 2/4, valid until 1200Z on 3/4
Otherwise correct, except for BECMG 0811 = becoming between 0800-1100Z
Well done!
By: Mark L - 2nd April 2004 at 13:53
Lets test my decoding skills:
TAF EGBB 021025Z 021812 17008KT 9999 SCT030 PROB30 TEMPO 1820 6000 SHRA BKN020CB TEMPO 0209 8000 BKN008 BECMG 0811 17015G25KT 7000 RA BKN008=
Birmingham 2nd April from 1025GMT to 1812GMT winds 170 degrees 8 knots, visability greater than 10km, clouds scattered 3000ft then from 1820BST temporarily6000m visability, showerey rain cumulonimbus clouds broken at 2000ft, then from 0209GMT temporarily 8000m visability, clouds broken at 800ft, becoming at 0811GMT winds 170 degrees 15 knots gusting 25knots, visability 7000 metres, in rain with clouds broken at 800ft
How close was I?
By: cheesebag - 2nd April 2004 at 13:14
I live by Cannock Chase, We tend to get a lot of activity when 15 is the active runway.
By: Moondance - 2nd April 2004 at 12:45
Well, the forecast suggests 15 to be the favourite for tomorrow.
As for CHASE, it features on the charts, but with the standard radar vectors from the south, don’t think I’ve ever been anywhere near it for real!
If you really want to find out where these places are, go to www.ais.org.uk (you will need to register) follow the links to the UK AIP, and all the CAA UK airport charts are there.
You will find CHASE to be N52 36.48 W001 55.02, or slightly easier, 315 Radial from DTY at 39DME.
And finally, if you want find what waypoints are named after, try www.reportingpoints.info which says its named after Cannock Chase.
TAF EGBB 021025Z 021812 17008KT 9999 SCT030 PROB30 TEMPO 1820 6000 SHRA BKN020CB TEMPO 0209 8000 BKN008 BECMG 0811 17015G25KT 7000 RA BKN008=
By: Mark L - 2nd April 2004 at 12:02
I’m not a pilot but I can tell you where CHASE is!
It is an intersection at the end of the approach for runway 15, roughly 12 miles out from the airfield. 🙂
By: kev35 - 2nd April 2004 at 11:39
I think I might pop across to see if I can get a shot of that. Hopefully they’ll be using 33 as they are today. Makes for decent approach shots (assuming of course that you’re a photographer:o ). Can any of the pilots give me the name of the area or town on which the ‘Chase Hold’ is centred please? Could it actually be Barr or Sedgley beacons?
regards,
kev35
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April 2, 2004 at 12:35 am