PmDg 777 you better give it to me this weekend !

[IAF747 8]

You can do the same thing at Sydney (YSSY), Australia.

 

What year are you living in pal?

 

http://blog.flymefriendly.com/tag/airside-tarmac-tours/

[MED1473 18]

and a tiny Piaggio Avanti ( That ain't no Ferrari of the skies ).

Hi all!

Bit of national pride here, but you find me another turboprop that cuises at FL390 at 400Kt THEN you can say it's not a Ferrari of the skyes lol!

[africanbriton 0]

I mean - he got creative with the tags :LMAO: :LMAO:

Jealous much ? :LMAO:

[EGLL77W 1,508]

Jealous much ? :LMAO:

 

Jealous? I don't think I need to be after my week Airside at London Heathrow :-) (Just in case you assumed I was bluffing..)

 

 

You obviously didn't get the sarcasm - it's a PMDG 777 forum and someone posts about their trip to Toronto. I guess maybe I should write a couple of paragraphs on here about my experiences at Heathrow, since it included lots of time around 777's....

[Sky Trail 13]

 

Hi all!

Bit of national pride here, but you find me another turboprop that cuises at FL390 at 400Kt THEN you can say it's not a Ferrari of the skyes lol!

 

Yeah, for sure the specs are amazing, but looks give it away lol...

 

 

 

Jealous? I don't think I need to be after my week Airside at London Heathrow :-) (Just in case you assumed I was bluffing..)

 

 

You obviously didn't get the sarcasm - it's a PMDG 777 forum and someone posts about their trip to Toronto. I guess maybe I should write a couple of paragraphs on here about my experiences at Heathrow, since it included lots of time around 777's....

 

I got the sarcasm......

[mcbellette 145]

What year are you living in pal?

 

http://blog.flymefri...e-tarmac-tours/

 

So sad. I did not know about that!

[Airbusman330 300]

So happy I don't have to push back those giants. All I gotta do is push out the ERJ-145, swing him 90* (thank you Embraer for that awesome nose gear angle limit), straighten out the nose gear and push back is complete B)

[Rocky_53 1,594]

Thanks for posting and sharing your story with us. I enjoyed it immensely...

[EGLL77W 1,508]

So happy I don't have to push back those giants. All I gotta do is push out the ERJ-145, swing him 90* (thank you Embraer for that awesome nose gear angle limit), straighten out the nose gear and push back is complete B)

 

I done it with the A380 a couple of times - the guys doing it said it's not as hard as it looks. However I bet it is ha! We pushed VH-OQA two months before her engine blew in Singapore weirdly enough!

[Airbusman330 300]

I done it with the A380 a couple of times - the guys doing it said it's not as hard as it looks. However I bet it is ha! We pushed VH-OQA two months before her engine blew in Singapore weirdly enough!

 

Things used to be worse when we used to use towbars, now with the lektro tugs pushing out of G2A and others at ORD is a piece of cake. With G2A (we never have CRJ7's use that gate due to their nose gear limits) you have to make several strange turns before the final 180* turn.

[acko52 13]

Matt

Thanks for sharing, really liked the photo of you standing beside the T7 s engine , it really gives a good perspective of the size,

Jeff

[Sky Trail 13]

Thanks for posting and sharing your story with us. I enjoyed it immensely...

 

Glad you like it. The post was meant to be more informative, since it was all new to me.

 

I done it with the A380 a couple of times - the guys doing it said it's not as hard as it looks. However I bet it is ha! We pushed VH-OQA two months before her engine blew in Singapore weirdly enough!

 

Correct me if i am wrong, i remember reading some where that the A380's carry a towbar in her belly all the time, to help her incase of an unscheduled or emergency landing enroute.

[EGLL77W 1,508]

Correct me if i am wrong, i remember reading some where that the A380's carry a towbar in her belly all the time, to help her incase of an unscheduled or emergency landing enroute.

 

I'm not sure on that, you'd have to ask more of an Airbus person ha. Well tell a lie I used to be the A380's biggest fan - that was after I sat up in the flight deck for about half an hour whilst they towed from a remote stand to T3. It's an impressive flight deck if you can get some time in it to explore it. It's very spacious, Boeing's are generally more cramped - I heard Airbuses can be nicer places to be for longer periods of time. Heathrow - especially Terminal 3 is packed with A380s so there's lots of towbars around for it.

[cva1077 68]

I done it with the A380 a couple of times - the guys doing it said it's not as hard as it looks. However I bet it is ha! We pushed VH-OQA two months before her engine blew in Singapore weirdly enough!

 

Speak of the QF32 incident, I just finished reading the book about it by the captain, Richard DeCrispigny. It is a really good book which is well written. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in aviation (that's definitely no-one around here )

[EGLL77W 1,508]

 

 

Speak of the QF32 incident, I just finished reading the book about it by the captain, Richard DeCrispigny. It is a really good book which is well written. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in aviation (that's definitely no-one around here )

 

There's a good documentary about it on Youtube too. I'm friends with Matt Hicks (FO on the flight) - met him through my mate also on the fleet. Great bunch of guys with an amazing story!