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NZ1 leaves LHR... I was gonna going to write something profound.... fuck... just fuck.... this just sucks

Get checked out Lads, there’s another 10stitches round the back on the Shoulder🤦‍♂️ #spf50

@WeatherWatchNZ Snow to sea level, well 20m above, in north Canterbury

❄️48 Hour #Snow Map: North Island. 🚙This map shows snow on SH 1, The Desert Road, Monday afternoon and into Tuesday morning (where black ice may also be an issue). 🏂⛷️And yep, snow on the North Island ski fields, with heaviest falls on Mt Ruapehu. Updated 4pm Sunday.

@plainAZtruth @MCCCANM The triple has cameras!

@MCCCANM I realize this is a fairly rare situation, but there must be lots of rare situations where a few strategically placed cameras would come in handy to see where you really are...

Doing a 180° turn on the runway – sometimes known as a “back taxi” or “backtrack” – is not the easiest thing to do The first rule is knowing the runway is wide enough. For the KC-10, minimum width was 147’ The second rule is to leave yourself an “out” if it doesn’t go well – a taxiway or just some concrete you can stop on. If there’s no out, you’re kind of screwed if you don’t get the turn right Prepare for the turn by putting the main wheels as far to the opposite side of the runway as possible – on the other side of your out. There is always some reference of where your wheels are in the cockpit – for example, the bracket that holds the wiper can be used to represent the path of one of the main gear, so you put the bracket as close to the runway edge as you can stand You’ll want to be building momentum going into the turn (vs losing it), but too much speed will cause a skid of the nosewheel…in hard turns, very little of it is in contact with the pavement (the inside nosewheel can even come off the ground entirely, leaving a contact area for the remaining wheel that’s only about the size of a loaf of bread). 8-10 knots is decent The turn normally begins very close to the end of the runway, but can begin anywhere depending on what you’re trying to do – this post assumes you’re back taxiing for takeoff. Once your point disappears under the nose, you crank the steering “tiller” as hard as it will go. You can use asymmetric thrust to help – the engine on the outside of the turn is pushed up, while the inside engine remains at idle. You’ll need some thrust, too – big turns kill forward momentum You may also use brakes on the inside main gear, while allowing the outside gear to rotate freely (brakes are controlled separately at the top of each rudder pedal). This puts drag in the direction of turn, tightening it up In the KC-10, the nosewheel was something like 26’ behind your seat. That means that about 90° through the turn, your butt may be completely over the grass & it’s all you see…but the nose gear will still be on concrete…hopefully. In the pics below, it looks similar…so seeing all grass under you would not have seemed unusual (until it did, anyway) Even in the 737, the nosewheel is still behind you…so you don’t start hard turns until after whatever reference you’re using is behind you…it’s just a matter of how far behind you, based on the airplane You’ll need to swing the nose around more than 180°, so you can re-establish the airplane on runway centerline (the 180 will just leave you on the opposite side of the runway, with your main gear near the edge). You’ll need to be aggressive about it, too, as eating up too much runway may not leave you with enough for takeoff. A good rule is to actually do about 225° of turn, then turn the 45° back to align with centerline. You shouldn’t be more than 300’ down the runway at the end of the turn Feel bad for this crew, but it’s somewhat understandable how they got there. Nevertheless, there will be some lessons learned…probably the “leave yourself an out” will be one of the most important

🚨❄️Expected snowfall over the South Island from tonight to Monday night. Snow may fall to sea level for a time in #Dunedin on Monday (but that forecast is borderline). Otherwise, expect snow above 100 to 200m with heaviest falls above that. Next snow update by us on Sunday AM.

@morganfrnchstgg @kiwi_spurs @stevebiddle It is very difficult to make up more than a few minutes on a domestic sector.

Auckland Airport runway appears closed due to an incident. Most flights holding or diverting.

@morganfrnchstgg @kiwi_spurs @stevebiddle The airline plans to minimum time / cost. Extra fuel is loaded at the discretion of the pilot in command. More often than not a return to departure is not planned if another suitable and closer alternate is available.

@morganfrnchstgg @stevebiddle I think the trick with operating an airliner is to not get into a pinch. The safest course of action is to divert somewhere that can normally accept you, and therefore turn you around efficiently. This would have been planned as either wellington, most likely, or Christchurch.

@morganfrnchstgg @stevebiddle Have you though? How do you know? Clearly in this instance they needed to make a decision based on delays into AKL, nothing to do with ground capacity, and proceed to their alternate as they did not have unlimited fuel to wait. All of these decisions are based on safety.

@BT77W @HeathrowAirport Yay!!!! I think….

Sorry you’re gonna have to put up with my awful plane puns for another year… #avgeek #avgeeks #aviation #Heathrow

@RangaRunner Had to pull out my How to Make a HF Radio Call sheet the other day as we now have newbies who have never used it, and realistically are probably never going to use it. They couldn’t believe we had to wait til 25 past the hour to get some outdated weather!!! I must be getting old.

@RangaRunner Most importantly you have no datalink…. You actually have to talk to people. Outrageous.

My take on Air NZ airfares and Consumer NZ's criticism of them. This is a long and pretty detailed post. traveltalk.nz/news-opinion/c…

@consumernz @1NewsNZ look forward to hearing the response to this insightful and more importantly factual breakdown of fare structures and the complexities of random comparisons.

Consumer NZ claimed Air New Zealand had hiked airfares by up to 300% – why that’s simply not true… And Grabaseat – the cheapest place to buy Air New Zealand airfares traveltalk.nz/news-opinion/c…

@scottiebateman @BLRAirport If you’re around in September we’ll be in the U.K. for most of the month.

@scottiebateman @BLRAirport Glad you have recovered. Have a good trip.

@scottiebateman @BLRAirport Wrists?

@Aerotiques @airtattoo Yes

Day 2 at @airtattoo done. The #Harrier is the coolest jet ever. Discuss.