I have to say that’s pretty calm for LBA! I once had to wait in the hold for 40 mins while a shed (SD330) was moved from the side of the runway where it had overturned! Another friend and colleague had such a huge sink that he applied full power to go around and the aircraft landed, plan changed thrust levers closed and aircraft wobbled to stand with a pair of shaken pilots. That was back in the late 80’s/early 90’s and the aircraft in question was the DC9
I nearly crashed here in 2008. Was on a holiday in Portugal with my parents (RIP Dad, I'm 25 now) and on the return flight, we entered our hometown's (LDS) famous crosswinds. Unknown to us our pilot was a first-time passenger pilot being co-piloted by a veteran of course... we found this out later via an air hostess' friend. (the landing got some gossip) anyway... just as the flair of the landing was executed (I had a window seat on the left of the plane so it looked like the pilot was on the centre line and applying sufficient rudder adjustments) the crosswinds were so strong and unpredictable we rolled to the left and the wing nearly smacked the concrete.... the whole plane's passengers gasped, women screamed and 1 woman shouted were all going to die I distinctly remember... but we hit the ground wheels rolling and got to a safe holt. the scariest plane experience I've ever had and I LOVE flying and aviation. just my two cents, why build an airport there!! haha
It's the old A V Roe factory and the runway was built to fly off the bombers after they were made. Why they then turned it into an airport is beyond me!
As previously said it was an aircraft factory during WW2, the aircraft were pushed outside and one of the famous ATS girls would jump in and fly it to a bomber base, nobody ever had the thought of coming back, after the war it was adopted by the RAF and later by Leeds Bradford city council, back in the day it was a standard three runway RAF base but as usual (Birmingham) the space available meant that the only runway they could extend sufficiently was the one that was out of wind.
Excellent Jonathan...did you just plan to go to this airport knowing how bad the winds were going to be in West Yorkshire? Is this video not on Leeds and Bradfords local news website yet?.
Many thanks mate. I was in Doncaster over the weekend and had to pick up a gearbox for the car early Mon morn from Birmingham. So on the way back I planned to stop off at LBA know how strong the wind would be. I dont think so haha.
@@JonathanWinton123 oh boy, can you imagine someone being able to listen to you at work? That would creep me out. 😁 I remember I was flying back on United one time and you could hear the pilots talking to the air traffic controllers through one of their radio stations on the headset
