...year the crew of a Qantas A330 approaching Perth from Singapore for a...runway 21 instrument landing system (ILS) approach. The crew reported that at the...so the crew initiated another missed approach. The crew decided to carry out... the intention to conduct an approach below minima, the crew transmitted a...m visibility and some of the approach lighting was visible. At approximately ...

... says that on 16 September last year the crew of a Qantas A330 approaching Perth from Singapore for a midnight landing made two missed approaches in fog and then called "Mayday", the international distress signal, as they made a risky autoland approach. [...] While Qantas international pilots are trained in autoland procedures at some overseas...

... year the crew of a Qantas A330 approaching Perth from Singapore for a ... runway 21 instrument landing system (ILS) approach. The crew reported that at the...so the crew initiated another missed approach. The crew decided to carry out...and the intention to conduct an approach below minima, the crew transmitted a...m visibility and some of the approach lighting was visible. At approximately 100...

...Report on an A330 not having enough fuel to reach PER. I wonder what it would take...9331-148af17ac26b.pdf?source=cmailer "Mayday!" Qantas jet dices with ditching off Perth... werenÂ’t enough to rattle Qantas regulars, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau... the crew of a Qantas A330 approaching Perth from Singapore for ... under which a flight operates. Qantas has now implemented an interim ...

...others for doing it? <br>> is it because they fly turbines and you never did? <p>I flew autolands in Chieftains and 402's? <p>Wow I must be better than I thought.</blockquote> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I once did and IFR approach in a C172 after CT <br>&nbsp;</html> Attachment decoded: text-html-1 I don't know if you realise that you're posting in html instead of text.

... refer to a jet as a "heavy". Which aircraft would qualify as such, other than 747s, for example? The US definition for heavy is anything over 300,000 pounds MGTOW So A300,A310, A330,A340, 767,777,747,C5, AN124, AN225 all qualify. "Aircraft Classes: [...] a. Heavy. Aircraft capable of takeoff weights of more than 255,000 pounds whether or not they are operating at this weight ...

...Marts wrote: matt weber wrote... Fuel dump on a 747-400 unloads 2500-3000 pounds per minute. It is pretty impressive when 100,000 pounds has to go overboard.... Yeah, I'm ...of the traffic, so we flew for almost 2 hours on 3 engines, 45 minutes dumping the fuel, and nearly an hour to get back to LHR, sequenced in the Pattern, and land. About a 6 months earlier ...

... aren't 'large airliners'. A common industry definition of a 'large airliner' is any two-engined jet that carries more than 100 pax. Sometimes they refer to a jet as a "heavy". Which aircraft would qualify as such, other than 747s, for example? The US definition for heavy is anything over 300,000 pounds MGTOW So A300,A310, A330,A340, 767,777,747,C5, AN124, AN225 all qualify.

AA wrote: Marts wrote: matt weber wrote... Fuel dump on a 747-400 unloads 2500-3000 pounds per minute. It is pretty impressive when 100,000 pounds has to go overboard.... Yeah, I'm sure it is. Pity that the EPA can't fine them for discharging a prescribed waste into the environment... Pity you don't know what you're talking about....

Marts wrote: matt weber wrote... Fuel dump on a 747-400 unloads 2500-3000 pounds per minute. It is pretty impressive when 100,000 pounds has to go overboard.... Yeah, I'm sure it is. Pity that the EPA can't fine them for discharging a prescribed waste into the environment... Pity you don't know what you're talking about. They are only allowed to ...