Originally posted by Bmused55
I’ve read and been told that the 757 is actually certified to land with MTOW, which is why it needs no Fuel Dump facility

Is that true?

In a word, yes. An Overweight Landing Check has to be carried out by engineers, but otherwise, no big deal.

Whatever happened to the terminal roof viewing area? Closed due security?

Originally posted by TornadoF3
Calm down Moggy

what is with this google wack thing? Do you get frills out of doing this sort of thing?

“frills?” – going all New Romantic are we?
My son dragged me out to see the mighty Dave Gorman, and a splendid time was had by all. The rules for Googlewhacking are at
http://www.googlewhack.com/rules.htm

Also bear in mind that once you are on a sponsored course (be it flying training or ATC), and money has been spent on you, you are highly unlikely to be thrown out just because you eyesight deteriorates slighty.
I used to wear glasses for distant vision as a teenager but , around age 18-20, my eyes came good enough to bluff my way into sponsored flying training. When I was downwind, number 10, at dusk, and I could only see a couple ahead of me, I realised it was time to go see the doc for some specs, and it was not a problem.

I’ve visited various ATC centres over the years (including my week’s work experience in the distant past) and my over-riding impression is that ATC provides all the stress of aviation, but little of the pleasure.
I’m sure they get the satisfaction of a job well (and safely) done, but sitting in the dark for hours on end playing 3D chess with people’s lives, strikes me as highly stressful. You only have to in the Daventry Sector at morning or evening rush hour to be amazed at how the controller keeps his/her mental picture – the EFIS map display on the aircraft is full of climbing/descending TCAS contacts and the controller is talking non stop (that is NOT an exaggeration) – at times you can sense the stress in the controller’s voice!
If you go through Bournemouth, I would imagine initial postings would likely to be NERC (deepest Hampshire) or West Drayton (where the approach functions for most of the London airports are located), not exactly near real aeroplanes.
I wouldn’t like to put anyone off an ATC career, but not for me thanks!

The Ju87 would have been at Colerne (or St. Athan in later years).
Topcliffe however DID have a modest historic aircraft collection. At the 1972 air display the following were present : Swift WK281, Avro 707s WZ744 & WZ736, Shorts SB5 WG768 & Fairey FD2 WG777.
Most of the above transferred to Finningley and all are still with us.
Also present (and flying) that day was Beverley XB259 – I’ve often wondered, was that the last public flying display by a Beverley?

Yes – I was trying to work out which one it was, then realised it was the two-seater PT462 badly digitally alterered (you can see the top of the fuselage roundel obliterated by the alteration).
Still that rare thing, a good article in the loathsome Sunday Mail.

Originally posted by Ren Frew
Er…. is that”cat on the keyboard” speak for cold. frosty and mingin ?

I think I’ll put the camera back on the shelf for today 😀

Yes – translation, wind calm, foggy, sky clear, temp. & dew point minus 3.
Good decision to stay warm at home.