If you're afraid of flying, don't watch this, especially the first two! Nice crosswind action at Dublin Airport. Winds were 030 degrees, 24 knots, gusting 36 knots. planes.mythicalireland.com
The most commonly used runway at Dublin is 28, which takes traffic in from the sea near Howth. During the summer, there tends to be a coastal breeze from the east, so 10 is often in use during the summer. During very strong southerly winds, runway 16 is used. That runs down from roughly north to south, joining runway 28 at the end. It's not trick to use RWY10, it just takes longer if you're coming in from Britain or the continent.
There is the horizontal stablizier PLUS the elevators. The stabilizer is usually moved using a trim mechanism in the cockpit. It it set before take-off and only usually manually adjusted after take-off and coming in to land. The elevator is what forces the nose of the plane up and down and is controlled by the forward and backward movement of the yoke or the sidestick.
Thank you. It's the Canon XL1s. They used to be used by TV companies and professional video makers but there is better technology available now. The XL series is still popular though.
It's basically the same runway, except they're landing from the opposite end. It depends on the winds. When the winds are from the west, they land from the east and it's runway 28. When the winds are from the east, they land from the west and it's called Runway 10. Runway numbers are determined by heading. Runway 28 has a course of 282 degrees. Runway 10 has a course of 102 degress. Hope this helps.
Reverse thrust! Helps the plane to slow down on the runway. Basically the flaps allow the thrust from the engine to emerge towards the front instead of behind, therefore slowing the plane.
I flew Aer Arann from Luton to Galway two weeks ago. Very enjoyable flight on an ATR-72. Landing was very smooth, we were down before I even realised it, no bump at all.
i flew in one last Dec and was expecting the worst! but infact they are quite powerful to my surprise and are very jetlike when your sitting inside them ! we had a firm landing like a jet that i wasent expecting and since then i love those planes !
Windier at times, but not faster. Planes such as the 737 always add 5 knots to their final approach speed for wind, regardless. These planes are landing at the same speed they would anywhere else. Final speed is dependent on weight more than any other factor.
I was a ryanair flight that landed in the same way that the first flight in this one landed. Ryanair flights, in my experience, always have fairly bumpy landings!
a cool video indeed, nicely done. Dublin is a windy airport, planes always seem to have a very fast approach in, certainly appears that way compared to other places i've been to. As for the ATR, I bet it looks worse from the outside in, a bit bumpy of course, but they really kiss the tarmac because they are a lighter airframe. I've been on some FR flights that thud to the ground - in fact my last flight back to STN did just that!
I once landed in Dublin in a storm - it was like in catastrophic movie... Engines quite then roaring, the plane was shaking, rocking, dropping,... Well we made it, but we were the last plane to touch down. They closed the airport. The ground stuff couldn't get our luggages for an hour or more, they broadcasted it's too dangerous to go out and retrive it from the plane(s). Next day, a good chunk of Ireland was without electricity...
They don't actually need to follow the runway heading if that's not part of the instrument departure-procedure they're flying. In the situation as which was in your video I'm sure that the pilots were aware of that slight turn they commenced there.
I notice the upload date is 26/05/08- Did you film it the day before by any chance? I flew in on 25/05 on that runway heading, and it was a very interesting approach I have to say!
0:57 Landies and Gentlemen, as you are now painfully aware, we are no at Dublin, please keep your seatbelts fastened as Captain Kangaroo speeds us to your gate, once the seatbelt sign is off and the tyre smoke is cleared, you make pick your way through what's left of the plane to the terminal, Thank you for flying with us.
