Join: Jul 25, 2008
Name: headintheclouds46
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Location: GB
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ThomsonFly 757 bird strike & flames captured on video
- Length: 9:36
- Rating Average: 4.81 from 1699 people
- View Count: 776621
- Author: headintheclouds46
Tags: 757 BirdStrike Emergency G-BYAW ManchesterAirport Thomson263H ThomsonFly
This incident was video recorded by Simon Lowe. 233 people where on board this jet bound for Lanzarote. The #2 engine appears to injest a bird as the plane rotates off the R/W. Congratulations to the crew and air-traffic controllers for the calm and professional way they dealt with the situation....
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Very bumpy landing
- Length: 0:18
- Rating Average: 4.80 from 241 people
- View Count: 155089
- Author: ted1191
Swiss Air jet has very bumpy landing at London City Airport (on the afternoon of 17th January, 2008)
Close call!
- Length: 2:20
- Rating Average: 4.78 from 89 people
- View Count: 99460
- Author: jerrabomb
Tags: "fear aircraft flying" IL76 miss near of plane runway
Most aircraft use about two-thirds of the runway to take off. This is an Ilyushin IL76 freight aircraft taking off fully laden for an 11 hour flight, warm day, no wind....... oh and look, no runway left either!
Slingsby T. 51 Dart Sailplane
- Length: 2:6
- Rating Average: 4.50 from 4 people
- View Count: 1183
- Author: Bomberguy
Tags: 15 51 aviation Dart Frederick glider history Nicholas sailplane Sailplanes Slingsby T. T51
Interesting "old school" sailplane construction.The Dart was originally designed to Standard Class rules and first flew in 1964, winning the 1965 OSTIV prize at the World Championships at South Cerney, England. This notwithstanding, a disappointing competitive performance led to the development...