Took a trip across to Austria today, had the privilege of the wonderful views of the Swiss Alps along the way.
Enjoy
Swiss Alps coming into view, it was a very nice day but rather hazy making the pics a little less sharp
Showing the MFD with our route, the green is the terrain mapping of the Alps out to our right hand side
Sorry for the reflections, the PFD showing our cruise alt & IAS, we were truing out about 350kts at this altitude
View of the ED & the captain’s MFD & PFD
Throttle quadrant, props set at cruise RPM of 850
View of the ARCDUs, weather radar, ESID control panel & trim control
View of the Alps passing out my window
Low lying mist in the valleys
The office
View of the terrain surrounding the airport, mountains encompass the airfield to the East, West & South, departures from rwy 16 are forbidden at night, as are landings on rwy 34
More of the same
More views
Following a Tui 738 for departure
This is one of the South Coast of England over the Solent, you can see the Isle of Wight, with Southampton this side the river & Bournemouth the other side.
Rgds
Dean
By: Saaber - 1st February 2008 at 20:05
Winter Saturdays are very busy at SZG and in order to free up apron space the general aviation ramp is used for airliners up to BAe146 sized. Its not unusual to see Dash8, CRJs and the Fokker 70s of Austrian Arrows parked up there along with Malmo RJs, Cimber ATRs and Flybe Q400s.
When I was at SZG last week there was nothing there except a Niki A320 and a Lauda 737.
By: bmi-star - 30th January 2008 at 17:32
Thanks bmi & no problem, you know what? looking up and taking some pics had not even crossed my mind, next time I get the camera out I’ll snap some and post 🙂
A lot of people doesn’t find the overhead interesting, but I find it as the most interesting part of any aircraft. Cheers mate!
By: Deano - 29th January 2008 at 20:25
Thanks bmi & no problem, you know what? looking up and taking some pics had not even crossed my mind, next time I get the camera out I’ll snap some and post 🙂
By: bmi-star - 29th January 2008 at 11:43
Oh my word, stunning shots there. Thanks for some brilliant shots of the deck mate. Any chance you could take a pic of the overhead if you have the chance??
By: Deano - 29th January 2008 at 01:16
Cheers for the comments again guys
Jon, it was very busy yes, we were on a remote stand but it wasn’t that far away, they were also very efficient at getting us turned around in the allotted 40 minutes. Hope you have a great trip there yourself 🙂
Adam, thanks for the comments again, I am coming in to MAN on the 5th of Feb at around 5pm, same again on the 11th Feb, 5pm (give or take).
As for the Steep Approaches, we can do steep approaches yes, a steep approach is one where the approach angle is more than 4.5°, but we are limited to 5.5°
Also we can’t do autopilot & Flight Director coupled approaches over 4° so no steep approaches with the autopilot. Any approach over 4° will have to be a raw data approach.
In a round about way this is what the placard is saying
Dean
By: adamdowley - 28th January 2008 at 20:57
A wonderful set of photos Deano! The shots taken from the ground are beautiful! You shall have to let me know if you ever pop into Manchester on a flight so I can get a shot of your aircraft.
Just wondering about the sticker that politely informs you that the aircraft isnt capable of steep approaches – I’m assuming by ‘steep’ it means London City type ‘steep’. Whats different about a Dash that is equipped for steep approaches – if there is one?
Adam
By: Riding Air - 28th January 2008 at 09:07
Great Pictures Deano,
Flying into SBG a week saturday myself. Obviously a busy Saturday morning you seemed to be on a very remote stand?
Cheers,
Jon
By: Deano - 28th January 2008 at 00:53
Thanks for the comments guys, when I get some more I’ll upload them
James, the Dash holds 5.3 tonnes of fuel, typical burn at max cruise altitude of FL250 is roughly 1,000kg – 1,100kg per hour, max cruise speed is 360kts TAS, this would equate to about 1700nm in still air conditions. But remember this is running the tanks dry, we need to leave some contingency, alternate & final reserve fuel in the tanks at the end of each flight so this figure is reduced, technically it could achieve the 1700nm.
Lukey, we must have been at SZG around the same time, there were a few Thomson flights arriving as we did.
Was up in NCL on Friday, who is Nikki the dispatcher? she is absolutely stunning 😀
By: A Spalding - 27th January 2008 at 19:56
Fantastic pictures as always Dean.
Thank you very much for sharing. Please keep them coming.
Adam
By: lukeylad - 27th January 2008 at 14:58
Awesome shots there!
Was so tempted just to NOREC my self onto the Thomsonfly ski flights we sent there yesterday from NCL!! :dev2:
By: Manston Airport - 27th January 2008 at 14:45
Fantastic post and Pics Dean thanks for sharing 😎 Whats the max range on a Dash-8 400?
All the best
James
By: cloud_9 - 27th January 2008 at 11:16
Some great shots there! Always nice to see some from the flightdeck!
That last picture of the South-Coast and IoW is simply stunning and by far my favourite!
By: Deano - 27th January 2008 at 09:38
Thanks chaps
Judas, nearly all the captains are great, but it doesn’t harm to be polite, “do you mind if I take some piccies?”. Normally they have their camera out too, especially when going to places like SZG
Dean.
By: steve rowell - 27th January 2008 at 02:33
Some excellent out of window shots
By: symon - 27th January 2008 at 02:08
Absolutely fantastic post, thanks for taking the time to take those and share them – and include descriptions of what we are looking at! Do you have to be careful that you get an obliging Captain, or are most ok with pictures being taken?
I was in Salzburg for a day during the summer, though went by rail so didn’t get to see that kind of view!
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