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Post by Ykato on Jun 9, 2011 11:52:23 GMT 12
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Post by madaero on Jun 9, 2011 13:27:41 GMT 12
i remember once when Air New Zealand were operating A320s out of HLZ and them spending nearly an hour down at the 36 threshold waiting for it to clear. It didnt,and the pilot radioed up to say that the vis had dropped to such a level,that he couldnt taxi back to the apron. We got a call via the tower to go down and escort the aircraft back.The vis was seriously down to about 5 metres and with the aircraft being white,it didnt pop out the fog til i was pretty much right in front of it! Was a very slow backtrack down the runway to the apron. Good old fieldays FOG.
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Post by michaelh on Jun 9, 2011 20:09:28 GMT 12
At least it got away, I was the first flight that managed to get up today and that was at 1445l!
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Post by Darren Masters on Jun 10, 2011 12:02:04 GMT 12
Nice shots mate!  Nothing like the fog in the Waikato  |
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Post by corsair67 on Jun 10, 2011 22:11:31 GMT 12
That's not fog - that's a bloody whiteout!  |
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Post by Darren Masters on Jun 11, 2011 2:58:45 GMT 12
That's not fog - that's a bloody whiteout! ;D ;D |
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Post by Ykato on Jun 11, 2011 17:12:17 GMT 12
i remember once when Air New Zealand were operating A320s out of HLZ and them spending nearly an hour down at the 36 threshold waiting for it to clear. It didnt,and the pilot radioed up to say that the vis had dropped to such a level,that he couldnt taxi back to the apron. We got a call via the tower to go down and escort the aircraft back.The vis was seriously down to about 5 metres and with the aircraft being white,it didnt pop out the fog til i was pretty much right in front of it! Was a very slow backtrack down the runway to the apron. Good old fieldays FOG. Cheers Madaero Darren Various Angles of PBB in Fog and Throttle up for take off and disappears into the fog. |
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Post by Ykato on Jun 12, 2011 14:19:48 GMT 12
has absolutely nothing to do with the above but may be of interest? or maybe not? anyway air nz 737 Departing Ham Friday Night - lost viz of the 737 lights half way down the runway due the amount of water being thrown up behind it.
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Post by Darren Masters on Jun 12, 2011 16:29:57 GMT 12
Plane vanishes! Nice video mate |
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Post by slackie on Jun 21, 2011 13:53:56 GMT 12
I remember back in the days when Air Nelson operated Saabs 340s... a good foggy morning would sometimes see crews "go out for a look". One such crew loaded up, started and taxied for RWY36... sat there for a while then taxied up the other end for a look... then returned back down to RWY36... this went on for about an hour when it started to clear. The crew then piped up and requested a return back to the apron for more fuel!! The weather cleared enough for the ATR, a different SF34, and a couple of B1900s to depart... but when the original Saab made it back to the holding point full of gas the fog had moved back in!! He again sat on the Threshhold for about 30 mins before returning to the apron and cancelling the flight! Pax had sat on board for just over twice the HN - WN flight time, but went nowhere!!!
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Post by Ykato on Jun 29, 2011 8:08:44 GMT 12
I remember back in the days when Air Nelson operated Saabs 340s... a good foggy morning would sometimes see crews "go out for a look". One such crew loaded up, started and taxied for RWY36... sat there for a while then taxied up the other end for a look... then returned back down to RWY36... this went on for about an hour when it started to clear. The crew then piped up and requested a return back to the apron for more fuel!! The weather cleared enough for the ATR, a different SF34, and a couple of B1900s to depart... but when the original Saab made it back to the holding point full of gas the fog had moved back in!! He again sat on the Threshhold for about 30 mins before returning to the apron and cancelling the flight! Pax had sat on board for just over twice the HN - WN flight time, but went nowhere!!! |
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Post by Ykato on Jul 16, 2011 15:42:26 GMT 12
 ZK-PBK along with Air NZ link B1900, ATR, & Dash8 delayed 4hrs this morning due to fog all departed shortly after 11am. |
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Post by Ykato on Jul 17, 2011 11:54:35 GMT 12
16-7-11 Dash 8 Missed approach and by the time he came around again had cleared enough to land.(fog was hanging around directly over the runway)
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Post by Ykato on Jul 17, 2011 15:10:34 GMT 12
PBK Departs after delay
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Nothing like the fog in the Waikato 
