VERY well said Kev. Nuff said.

She was also at Filton today, it landed there this afternoon. She went right over the ground where I was playing cricket.

Neil

Simply beautiful, I am envious, I’d love to take night shots like that, how did you do it?

Do you mind if I save them to use as desktop backgrounds?

Dean

Exciting it certainly is. If you imagine what a shopping trolley or a garden shed landing on a runway would feel like with no wheels along with the associated noises then that’s the best descriptions I can come up with 😀
Unless it’s a wet runway or you “get a good one” then most landings are not good. Very often we get told some passengers scream on touchdown 😀
The problem with it is the landing gear struts, they are very stiff and have no sideways give in them, so if you are not perfectly straight then she’ll “snap” straight should you be on the scew as she grips the tarmac giving a horrible shaking and crunching feeling. Because the Dash is a long aircraft it is very difficult get her straight every time. Also when the runways are wet she generally lands perfectly, this is because if you are on a scew the aircraft will “slide” straight as it touches down so there is no crunch feeling.
Another issue with her is power, those 4.11m diam props give alot of lift over a large portion of the wing, so if you come in right on Vref and then reduce the power she’ll fall out the sky and crunch down.

Well done to us indeed, we deserved it.

Great pics all

Maikel

In future can you post your pictures in a more realistic size please?

Dean

No way is that real, you would have to be a complete retard to even attempt something like that. The speed seems improbable too.