These shots are great Moondance… would you happen to have any others to share?

I suspect I’ve posted these before, because I scanned them ages ago. More ‘Empire of the Sun’ remnants at Coventry. Got a few more to locate and scan….

Seem to recall about six of them in the hangar at Coventry.

The former G-BYAN….

Aaaah…Strathallan

Anyone back from Waddo yet? Rumor has it she flew with the Lancaster??

Rumour correct! Thought twice about going, but the forecast was very accurate….sh1te in the morning……(summertime in England!)

But a clearance early afternoon…..what a sight and sound

I don’t think (but I could be wrong) an airport can shutdown a runway due to excessive wind

Spoke to a colleague who went to Salzburg couple of weeks ago, airport closed and all equipment cleared off the apron as the wind gusted to 83 kts!

I know no-one has the answer, but does anyone have any suggestions why the cockpit crew didn’t relay a “brace” message to the passengers?

If you read the AAIB Bulletin “Initially the approach progressed normally, with the Autopilot and Autothrottle engaged, until the aircraft was at a height of approximately 600 ft and 2 miles from touch down”

No idea what the final approach speed of a lightly loaded B777 is, but using a “ballpark” 130 kts (ie over 2 nm per minute), the situation developed around 60 seconds before the expected landing…no time!

I’ve never practised that scenario in the sim, because it’s probably pointless, a touchdown short of the runway is inevitable. We’ve probably all had a go at glide approaches on the sim, but that tends to be more of a demonstration, flown from a long way out…..600ft would be the point I would be considering extending the gear on a glide approach.