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| Thread ID: 93991 | 2008-10-09 19:18:00 | Qantas Air Bus A380 Arrives Auckland. | Trev (427) | PC World Chat |
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| 711089 | 2008-10-09 21:55:00 | It's going to fly around over Auckland for an hour and a half...? :illogical :illogical How selfish. In that time it could do 10 minutes up there, cruise down to Welly for another 10 min flyover then nip down to ChCh for the same, flying over other main provincial towns for a wave before winging back to where it came from. I don't see why Auckland should have it all to themselves. :mad: :ban Might be something to do with some Cival Aviation ruling to do with an emergency landing. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 711090 | 2008-10-09 22:20:00 | Might be something to do with some Cival Aviation ruling to do with an emergency landing. :) So it can't fly over the sea either? How did it get to NZ, aircraft carrier? |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 711091 | 2008-10-09 23:00:00 | The aeroplane equivalent of train spotters will be going nuts | prefect (6291) | ||
| 711092 | 2008-10-09 23:09:00 | The aeroplane spotters? :lol: ;) They will all have headed up the sky tower. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 711093 | 2008-10-09 23:39:00 | It's going to fly around over Auckland for an hour and a half . . . ? :illogical :illogical How selfish . In that time it could do 10 minutes up there, cruise down to Welly for another 10 min flyover then nip down to ChCh for the same, flying over other main provincial towns for a wave before winging back to where it came from . I don't see why Auckland should have it all to themselves . :mad: :ban Damn right! Air NZ did that when they got the new paintjob on a 747 . Why would Qantas care about the rest of the country? . . . . no-one else does . |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 711094 | 2008-10-09 23:42:00 | So it can't fly over the sea either? How did it get to NZ, aircraft carrier? I'm not to sure of the Civil Aviation requirement for new commercial aircraft flying in NZ airspace but they have to be certified to do so hence only flying around Auckland. I would suspect while it is flying around Auckland it well have civil aviation personal on board. Now because it has been certified by the FAA I don't know whether the CAA rules cover that. And by the way wratterus stop trying to be a smart arse. I use to be involved in aviation many years ago and there are many requirments an aircraft has got to meet before it can fly in NZ airspace. You might like to read some of them here. www.caa.govt.nz :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 711095 | 2008-10-09 23:44:00 | The aeroplane spotters? :lol: ;) They will all have headed up the sky tower. Or gone to the airport lookout point down by Pukaki Creek. That way, you have the aircraft flying above you with less than 200 metres distance between you and the plane. :banana |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 711096 | 2008-10-09 23:46:00 | I remember reading somewhere that 1/3 or more of any airlines expenditure is on fuel - and that about 1/2 of that is used up on takeoff and climb to altitude. Pilots get big bonuses for saving fuel apparently. Getting into the right jetstreams and throttling back saves their employers a lot of money. NZ is leading the way in a GPS-based system for trans-Pacific flights - get out of the established air routes and leave it up to the pilots and flight planners to get to the West coast of the US any way they want. From memory they did a test flight a month or so ago with this system....cut 90mins or so off the flight time. Take that over a year both ways....huge savings. And it won't be long before you see jets pulled out to the runway by tugs, especially if Branson gets his way. |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 711097 | 2008-10-09 23:50:00 | I'm not to sure of the Civil Aviation requirement for new commercial aircraft flying in NZ airspace but they have to be certified to do so hence only flying around Auckland. I would suspect while it is flying around Auckland it well have civil aviation personal on board. Now because it has been certified by the FAA I don't know whether the CAA rules cover that. And by the way wratterus stop trying to be a smart arse. I use to be involved in aviation many years ago and there are many requirments an aircraft has got to meet before it can fly in NZ airspace. :) Lighten up.....maybe it was a joke? And it's a one-off flyby. I'm fairly sure Qantas could get dispensation for that without getting CAA accreditation for a new class doing revenue-earning flights. |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 711098 | 2008-10-10 00:07:00 | I'm not to sure of the Civil Aviation requirement for new commercial aircraft flying in NZ airspace but they have to be certified to do so hence only flying around Auckland. I would suspect while it is flying around Auckland it well have civil aviation personal on board. Now because it has been certified by the FAA I don't know whether the CAA rules cover that. And by the way wratterus stop trying to be a smart arse. I use to be involved in aviation many years ago and there are many requirments an aircraft has got to meet before it can fly in NZ airspace. You might like to read some of them here. www.caa.govt.nz :) It was meant as a joke Trev, your sarcasm detector needs a little tweaking. ;) I'm well aware that there are probably CAA laws about all kinds of things, this included. For a fly over, I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue. It would just be a matter of 'can't be stuffed'. My comment was a dig at the CAA, not at you. :) |
wratterus (105) | ||
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