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Post by Ray on Feb 2, 2012 19:26:42 GMT
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Post by vikingken on Feb 3, 2012 13:00:49 GMT
Lovely Ray, once again. Yeah I have been their a few times, but mostly I saw it on the way going in and out of the Med. I saw it twice a month for a year, running Panama and Puerto Limon to Genoa with bananas. I would love to fly in there, just to stop the traffic. We could get the Havanah in and out of Darling Harbour at low tide; but we never did, we used to make them raise Pyrmont Bridge and watch all the annoyed motorists. I'm a true sadist at heart.
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Post by Ray on Feb 5, 2012 14:39:57 GMT
Very short runway in Gib Ken and it's quite a scary landing. Did you see my vid of the C17 landing there, that was an awesome sight and I was able to take the vid from the control tower, take a look if you haven't already... You will notice as the aircraft crosses the road the reverse thrust kicks in, I had a chat to the pilot and he told me that if he wanted to he could stop the aircraft before the road!! Amazing... View My Video
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Post by vikingken on Feb 5, 2012 17:11:24 GMT
The C17 was built for short landings and takeoffs Ray, but that landing was about the most relaxed landing I've ever seen. It looked like he could almost stop it dead if he wanted to. The worst one I've ever had was in Guatemala City airport, its built on the side of a mountain. Its so narrow, the turning circle and park is on the end. When you land you are heading straight towards planes waiting to take off. Pilots wear their brown trousers when they are landing there and the reverse thrust goes on before the tires get a grip of the runway. The margin of error is about 0.01% I think, if your flying a Boeing 720.
Its a very good movie clip of the landing.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2012 14:43:15 GMT
My stepfather was in the army and was based in Cyprus during the troubles, we came home to the UK on a troop ship around 1958/9 stopping at both Malta and Gibraltar, although going ashore in Malta we never made land in Gibraltar, just stopped to pick up a hospital case and then hit the bay of Biscay, huge waves which I will never forget, I was 15 at the time, a great adventure. jorg
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Post by vikingken on Apr 9, 2012 15:13:17 GMT
The Bay of Biscay has a terrible reputation Jorg and it can be like hell turned upside down. I have been across it more times than I can remember, but about 8 times out of 10 its like a mill pond. Its always a surprise, you never know what to expect and your ship is always battened down ready for the worst. Your lucky, you saw it as its supposed to be. Little old coasters used to go as far as Finisterre, so I presume most of them made it. There are some lovely places around the bay.
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Post by Ray on Apr 9, 2012 19:41:29 GMT
I crossed the bay 12 times in as many months on the Athlone Castle and only had it rough twice, the rest of the time it was as flat as a pancake...
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Post by vikingken on Apr 9, 2012 22:26:28 GMT
One of the most evil seas I was ever in, is opposite Biscay on the other side of France. The Gulf of Lions, between Barcelona and Marseilles and people think the Med is placid. The Gulf of Lions is like the English Channel, no real swell and it just hits you from all sides at once. Like Biscay, its normally flat and likes to take you by surprise now and again. Its not got the bad reputation like Biscay, but it should have.
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