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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Sept 10, 2011 14:53:04 GMT 12
Emergency landing at airportBy TOM HUNT - The Dominion Post | 2:41PM - Saturday, 10 September 2011A PRIVATE PLANE has landed safely at Wellington International Airport after an emergency landing.
Emergency services, put on standby when the Globemaster plane reported problems with its right wheel shortly after 2pm, have been stood down.
A police spokesman said it was a private plane, with capacity for about 10 people.www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5600795/Emergency-landing-at-airport
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Sept 10, 2011 14:55:39 GMT 12
Yet more totally moronic reporting. Presumably the aeroplane took-off again after the emergency landing so it could then carry out a safe landing?  Well it must be true because that is what the news article says! ;D I have submitted an extremely sarcastic comment in reply to the article on the Stuff website. We'll see if they have the balls to allow my comment to be posted, or whether they'll quietly edit the article and pretend my comment doesn't exist!  |
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Post by ErrolC on Sept 10, 2011 15:13:17 GMT 12
Emergency landing at airportBy TOM HUNT - The Dominion Post | 2:41PM - Saturday, 10 September 2011A PRIVATE PLANE has landed safely at Wellington International Airport after an emergency landing.
Emergency services, put on standby when the Globemaster plane reported problems with its right wheel shortly after 2pm, have been stood down.
A police spokesman said it was a private plane, with capacity for about 10 people.www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5600795/Emergency-landing-at-airport Anyone want to guess at what is meant by a globemaster private plane, with a capacity of about 10? |
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Post by lumpy on Sept 10, 2011 16:08:38 GMT 12
Emergency landing at airportBy TOM HUNT - The Dominion Post | 2:41PM - Saturday, 10 September 2011A PRIVATE PLANE has landed safely at Wellington International Airport after an emergency landing.
Emergency services, put on standby when the Globemaster plane reported problems with its right wheel shortly after 2pm, have been stood down.
A police spokesman said it was a private plane, with capacity for about 10 people.www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5600795/Emergency-landing-at-airport Anyone want to guess at what is meant by a globemaster private plane, with a capacity of about 10? Wondered the same thing myself . I see they have now edited the article and inserted the word " jet " where the word " globemaster " used to be . |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Sept 10, 2011 16:14:28 GMT 12
Well....they DIDN'T allow my comment to be posted and they quietly edited the news article and called the plane a jet for 10 people. I wonder if it is Peter Jackson's toy?Emergency landing at airportBy TOM HUNT - The Dominion Post | 2:41PM - Saturday, 10 September 2011A PRIVATE PLANE has made a safe emergency landing at Wellington International Airport this afternoon.
Emergency services were put on standby when the jet reported problems with its right wheel shortly after 2pm. They have now been stood down.
A police spokesman said it was a private plane, with capacity for about 10 people.www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5600795/Emergency-landing-at-airport
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Post by Bruce on Sept 10, 2011 16:16:58 GMT 12
Gulfstream perhaps? I know a Gulfstream driver based out of Wellington.....
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Post by Medic1nz on Sept 10, 2011 17:19:51 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 10, 2011 17:28:42 GMT 12
Could a C-17 Globemaster even operate from Wellington? Strip would be a bit short wouldn't it? In an emergency they'd surely head for Ohakea.
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Post by Medic1nz on Sept 10, 2011 17:31:59 GMT 12
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Post by Medic1nz on Sept 10, 2011 17:35:16 GMT 12
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Post by Kereru on Sept 11, 2011 13:55:32 GMT 12
Could a C-17 Globemaster even operate from Wellington? Strip would be a bit short wouldn't it? In an emergency they'd surely head for Ohakea. The C-17's ability to fly long distances and land in remote airfields in rough, land-locked regions make it a premier transporter for military, humanitarian and peacekeeping missions. It can: Take off from a 7,600-ft. airfield, carry a payload of 160,000 pounds, fly 2,400 nautical miles, refuel while in flight and land in 3,000 ft. or less on a small unpaved or paved airfield in day or night. Carry a cargo of wheeled U.S. Army vehicles in two side-by-side rows, including the U.S. Army's main battle tank, the M-1. Three Bradley infantry-fighting vehicles comprise one load. Drop a single 60,000-lb. payload, with sequential load drops of 110,000 lb. Back up a two-percent slope. Seat 54 on the sidewall and 48 in the centerline. Cheers |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 11, 2011 14:19:53 GMT 12
OK, cool.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Sept 11, 2011 23:07:15 GMT 12
Even more amazing was the TSR2.
One of the most advanced strike-bombers ever made, yet it was designed to takeoff and land from aero club airstrips.
It had a very sophisticated (and complex) undercarriage which didn't need perfect, sealed runway surfaces.
Just what the doctor ordered for when the Soviets had destroyed the RAF's runways.
And it had blown flaps to assist aerodynamically in achieving short takeoffs and landings.
However, it was designed to operate at Mach 1.2 at less than 200 feet above the ground, or Mach 2+ at altitude.
I've just been reading an interesting book about the TSR2.
Plus I've got an interesting documentary on DVD.
What a bummer the project was cancelled. It sounds like it kicked the F-111's arse in every way.
According to the book, there was a huge amount of political pressure from the Americans to can it, which eventually occured.
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Post by Ykato on Sept 14, 2011 16:45:47 GMT 12
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