Navajo doing missed approaches on RWY07 29/12/12
 

Does anyone know why/who was doing several approaches to 07 at Sydney this afternoon (29/12 approx 1300 local) in a Piper Navajo ? Very unusual for a major airport to be allowing this sort of training. My apologies if I've posted this in the wrong place. (I'm new). :o

Hi Peter,
It was actually a KingAir B300 which belongs to AeroPearl but operates for Air Services Australia & those missed approaches were apart of what is know as Runway calibration (I'm not too sure what it does entail exactly) but someone else I'm sure will happily explain it better for you :-)

Hi Peter,

Have a look here http://www.yssyforum.net/board/showt...?t=8901&page=2 .

It was a Beechcraft King Air 350 VH-FIY performing Instrument Landing System (ILS) testing/calibration. Basically they do a series of around 15 approaches using the localiser and glidepath and technicians on the ground and in the aircraft monitor the results and make any subtle changes if needed. The tests are done from different angles both horizontally and vertically to ensure the ILS is transmitting correctly. It's a requirement that the ILS gets flight tested for accuracy every 6 months; ground based tests are done more frequently.

Today they will do the calibration of Rwy 25 ILS if the weather permits.

Cheers

Thanks Jaiden and Nigel. The tower somehow described the aircraft doing the work as a Navajo to other aircraft approaching from the north on 16L/R. (go figure). Thanks for the explanation.

Cheers
Peter.

Just monitoring flight radar. Does anyone know what the deal is with Air Canada AC2033?

I'm assuming this was a delayed AC 33 Flight? Does anyone know why it would be delayed?

On departure this morning...

That's a longer take off roll than I would have expected if he's only just airborne by the tunnel. I thought having no pax and only going to Canberra would have been a good excuse to be airborne by no later than Lima!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8353/8...7363feac_b.jpg
Arriving into CBR!

Thats what we were thinking at the Mound as well!!!! And not an overly steep climb out either!!

Full load of fuel perhaps?

CBR takeoff will be a challenge
 

He's going to have to perform a bit better than he did at SYD to get out of CBR! :)

Ever seen the IL-76 get out of Canberra on You Tube?

Thats all hes got to beat Jaryd!!! :D

Well if he doesn't we might have a Red Wings Tu-204 style crash...

Maybe corporate pilot mentality? If they were from a freight background it would/should have been space shuttle style!

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Air Force 1 damage the runway at CBR on landing/take-off during Pr Obama's visit earlier this year?

Not quite big league but I was in the garden earlier and saw a Cessna 337 heading for Bankstown. Checked my Airnav/SBS log and it turned out to be a Cessna O-2A with a USA hexcode which Airfames org has it as N7654A . It may be equipped with spray equipment as the operator is shown as Stuttgart Mosquito Control.

The Il-76 was pre-runway extension and with Russian "Improved climb performance" takeoff procedures. :D

3,283m should be enough for a 747 to takeoff with a very good load, if not MTOW.

Unruly and very drunk passenger apparently.

Must've been to force a landing in Cairns!

Damian

Atlas 744 departed CBR about 0313 ETA to LAS at 1947 local...according to flightaware.

Cheers

M

By my calculations, they need the trip to go no longer than 15 hours 45 minutes. It's ambitious, but they might just make it.

You're a better man then I to be abloe to work that out at this hour!!!!

Cheers

M

No, I'm just a shift worker who was on duty when I made that post. Happy New Year, eh?

But I'm home now, and I'm enjoying my second beer to celebrate the new year. Don't ask me to calculate anything else...!

Does anyone have details of the bizjet(s) that flew SYD-CBR to meet the 744??

Rowan,

According to the Coperate movements thread, both the Jetgo aircraft appeared to have been used. See the link below...

http://yssyforum.net/board/showpost....39&postcount=4

VH-JGB ADS-B- 01/01/2013 01:44 Embraer 135LR (145728) 2003 - Jetgo Australia - Yeppoon QLD
VH-JTG ADS-B- 01/01/2013 01:53 Embraer EMB-135LR (145687) 2003 - Jetgo Australia - Yeppoon QLD

N263SG ADS-B 01/01/2013 03:24 Boeing 747-481 (29263) 1999 - Atlas Air/SonAir (Wilmington Trust - Wilmington Delaware)

Flightaware has their ETA for LAX at 2120 PST.


An un-common ACARS message out of Canberra ...

ACARS mode: C Aircraft reg: .N263SG
Message label: 80 Block id: 2 Msg. no: M07A
Flight id: 5Y2435
Message content:-
3J01 DSPTCH 5Y2435/31 YSCB/KLAS .N263SG
PLS ADVISE CHARTER REP Name Withheld DUR OF 2120L ARRIVAL IN LAS.
Phone No Withheld OR Phone No Withheld
-------------------------------------[01/01/2013 03:40]

A6-GGP Dubai Airwing in town for a couple days tomorrow ETA 1000 / ETD1300 4jan

Still at Bankstown Peter! Rego is VH-OTU (registered to Conway Bown http://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/au/OTU) parked up near Whitworth's

Maybe, Would the fuel be cheaper at SYD than CBR as with the economy of scale at SYD it could make supplying it cheaper to the airlines. Just a thought.

It refuelled in CBR, something got stuffed up and a lot of it ended up all over the RAAF apron...

N263SG is just about to land, at 9:30 Las Vegas time. So they made in the end, good on em for trying it!

Good on them, hope they had an enjoyable trip. Too much money? Maybe, but if they spend it on our shores supporting our aviation industry bring it on I say.

A6-GGP just took off from Dubai as DUB008.

Isn't it time to start posting January movements?

Cheers Stefan, didn't think of looking in there. Thanks heaps!

Rowan

Thanks Jayden, will try and get out there.