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Offline Just One More

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I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« on: March 04, 2008, 10:11:55 PM »
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Re: I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2008, 06:57:50 AM »
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Re: I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2008, 09:54:37 AM »
I just read the report in the local paper here.

Apparently they went round and landed on an alternate runway – presumably one which didn’t have a 50% crosswind component!  point:
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Re: I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2008, 09:56:24 AM »
I remember flying Dan Air noooo:
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Re: I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2008, 09:58:02 AM »
In RAF parlance that is known by the highly technical term "WHOOPS!"
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Re: I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2008, 10:08:51 AM »
. . . . and FWIW, it was a Lufthansa flight landing at a German airport in allegedly 150 winds (can't remember whether they were quoted as m.p.h. or k.p.h)
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Re: I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2008, 11:00:22 AM »
Kph I would think. 150 Mph winds would lift the tarmac.
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Re: I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2008, 09:23:52 AM »



Warm Saki anybody?
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Re: I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2008, 09:26:29 AM »
Quote from: Darwins Selection on March 06, 2008, 09:23:52 AM



Warm Saki anybody?


Ouch! I bet that caused a few narrowed eyes.
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Re: I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2008, 09:33:47 AM »
Very unlucky to get struck by lightning so many times noooo:
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Re: I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2008, 09:42:20 AM »
Quote from: Nick on March 06, 2008, 09:33:47 AM
Very unlucky to get struck by lightning so many times noooo:
Do you often fly JAL?
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Re: I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2008, 09:55:42 AM »
No. Why do you ask? rubschin:
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Re: I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2008, 12:09:59 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on March 05, 2008, 11:00:22 AM
Kph I would think. 150 Mph winds would lift the tarmac.

Is wind speed not quoted in knots, generally?  rubschin:
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Re: I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2008, 12:14:16 PM »
Quote from: The Moan Ranger on March 06, 2008, 12:09:59 PM
Quote from: Snoopy on March 05, 2008, 11:00:22 AM
Kph I would think. 150 Mph winds would lift the tarmac.

Is wind speed not quoted in knots, generally?  rubschin:
If it was in a tabloid (or on the BBC) it was prolly how many times faster than a double-decker bus the wind was…  whistle:

But yes, air speed is generally in knots.  ;)
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Re: I Bet This left a few skid marks!
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2008, 12:19:48 PM »
Airspeed usually in Knots, Windspeed in UK and US usually in Mph, Windspeed on the Continent usually in Kph.

Note the difference between Windspeed and Airspeed. Windspeed is, as it says, the speed of the wind. Airspeed is the speed of something (in most cases an aircraft) passing through the air.
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