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Toker Villain

Big Wall climber

Toquerville, Utah

Sep 20, 2011 - 02:54pm PT

Don't let Cragman see the photo of that bear giving the seal one in the ass.

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2011 - 05:27pm PT

Yeah, if Air Canada strikes at midnight I'm in for a bad journey home. The latest news is they might not, however. Good luck on your journey to Shanghai.

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2011 - 10:40pm PT

So I had to get up at 4 this morning to make the long journey through four airports back home. But I was up until 2:30 last night, just to take a few more pictures.

cowpoke

climber

Sep 22, 2011 - 06:49am PT

Safe travels, Chiloe. See you back in rainy New England.

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Sep 22, 2011 - 11:31am PT

MIA - Beam me up!

Flaps 40, gear down and locked!

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2011 - 12:11pm PT

Flaps 40, gear down and locked!

One adventure on this past trip was a landing in Calgary where our A320's flaps did not deploy. So the pilot did figure-8s around the airport for a while to burn fuel, then came in steep and fast. That was exciting. They'd scrambled the emergency trucks onto an adjacent runway, lights flashing just to make us feel welcome.

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Sep 22, 2011 - 12:29pm PT

Well at least you were landing someplace with plenty of concrete instead of
one of your usual haunts like Ammassalik.

"Sh#t, I hope this island is paved!"

Two beers to the winner...and an extra for the POS aircraft type!

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2011 - 12:32pm PT

Greenlanders have a tradition of applauding the pilot after each safe landing. After the fast Calgary landing, some of us did.

rectorsquid

climber

Lake Tahoe

Sep 22, 2011 - 12:50pm PT

One adventure on this past trip was a landing in Calgary where our A320's flaps did not deploy. So the pilot did figure-8s around the airport for a while to burn fuel, then came in steep and fast. That was exciting. They'd scrambled the emergency trucks onto an adjacent runway, lights flashing just to make us feel welcome.

I had to do a night landing with no landing light and on another trip did a touch-and-go and had the flaps stuck all the way down for the "go" part of it. That sort of stuff doesn't require emergency equipment if your flying a two-seater. I'd be worried dealing with those "small" things in a big plane.

Dave

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Sep 22, 2011 - 01:50pm PT

Rector,
As you know flaps on a Cessna are just nice to have. On a jet they're
more than a luxury.
The reason they rolled the fire trucks is because instead of touching down at
130-140 kts they probably touched down at 170-180 and at that speed the chance
of a blowout goes up dramatically and the consequences can be ugly. Besides
the chance of a blowout on touchdown you could also suffer a blowout from
standing on the brakes to avoid an overrun.

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2011 - 02:45pm PT

Yes, I was impressed by how our A320 landed without flaps. The pilots brought it down on a much steeper path, instead of the usual float-to-a-stall. They also kept the plane in a sharply nose-up attitude. We touched down with a *bang* and no bounce.

I was watching the groundspeed indicator in the cabin as we came in, and the last speed before it switched off was above 170mph.