Amazing....

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Golf course lane site was mainly Space Systems. Yes the main canteen on Golf course lane was good, all gone now I believe. Never played Filton then, I lived in Portishead and played at Clevedon.

Yes we were on golf course lane site with space folks. I played Clevedon a lot, both in club matches but also in BAWA golf society matches - really enjoyed it.

 

[Smiffy]

I played golf up in Norfolk one day and there were a couple of A10 Warthogs zooming around. Weird noise and the way they were being thrown around, courtesy of the relatively large control surfaces, was superb. Spent ages watching them.

 

[Imurg]

I played golf up in Norfolk one day and there were a couple of A10 Warthogs zooming around. Weird noise and the way they were being thrown around, courtesy of the relatively large control surfaces, was superb. Spent ages watching them.

Had A10's firing live rounds over my head when I worked for the MOD
Theg did training sorties over the Otterburn ranges in Northumberland...
Kind of buttock clenching because if the pilot had sneezed....

 

[SocketRocket]

This is quite interesting:

 

[Deleted member 15344]

The ILS transmits a beam which the aircraft radios can be tuned to, this provides a visual aid on the pilots instruments showing lateral and vertical guidance to the runway. THe autopilot can be programmed to fly down this beam, an then the aircraft can land itself if visibility is below specified levels. Not all airports are ILS, some may have it only one end of the runway. Obviously without an ILS a plane cannot carry out an autoland, so its a diversion if weather is too bad.
Pilots will land manually 99% of the time, however leagally they have to carry out an autoland (once a month or so) to keep themselves and the aircraft current.
Whilst most modern airliners can happily land theselves in zero visibility, an aircraft may still be required to divert if RVR (Runway Visual Range) is too low as ridiculously the pilot won't be able to see enough to taxi safely to the stand!

The worst thing is you have people like me servicing all the Navaids ?

 

[SaintHacker]

The worst thing is you have people like me servicing all the Navaids ?

???

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

The worst thing is you have people like me servicing all the Navaids ?

…or people like me designing them in the first place…? ??

 

[sunshine]

I'd say that was a 2 or at most 3 out of 10, though made spectacular by the sheer size of an A380 (and the fact that by the time of filming the pilot might well have passed the point of no return and been committed to touching down at all costs)

There's no such thing as the point of no return. Pilots sometimes bounce off the tarmac and go round again.

 

[sunshine]

Great share from the OP. I think it's amazing how large aircraft even get off the ground.

 

[SaintHacker]

There's no such thing as the point of no return. Pilots sometimes bounce off the tarmac and go round again.

This was probably new underwear time for everyone on board

 

[SocketRocket]

This was probably new underwear time for everyone on board

Touching cloth.

 

[Foxholer]

I can remember our pilot having to have at least 3 (maybe it was 4) goes at landing at Heathrow returning from Edinburgh on a breezy, but not overly so, Friday evening. Wind was simply 'from the wrong direction' and a 'wind shear' was getting created by a bunch of buildings (hotels?) on the landing path.

 

[Whereditgo]

Worst one I can remember was several aborted attempts to land on Jersey in thick fog and low cloud, we had to go and sit on the runway at Guernsey for a few hours.