exile Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) Emirates to launch Scotland's first scheduled A380 service but only for a few months. Edited December 17, 2018 by exile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 So Glasgow Airport is spending £8million to help out the airline while Dubai upgrades its runway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Grim Jim said: So Glasgow Airport is spending £8million to help out the airline while Dubai upgrades its runway. Who knows, maybe it was investment already needed or already planned or committed, to upgrade infrastructure in readiness for other things? And it's an advertisement of sorts that Glasgow is open for business for handling big planes? Edited December 17, 2018 by exile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 The updated security area at Glasgow is a delight compared with several airports I can think of. I just hope I'm not in a queue behind one of those planeloads though 😮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Fantastic planes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 On 12/17/2018 at 9:00 PM, Grim Jim said: So Glasgow Airport is spending £8million to help out the airline while Dubai upgrades its runway. I work for a sister company of Emirates so I'm delighted with this. Gives me more chance of hitting my bonus this year!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 When I first moved to London I stayed in Chiswick for the first few months, right on the flight path into Heathrow, and in the first month of unemployment I'd sit on the balcony, wee cup of tea, couple of fags and watch the flights come in. I think at that time (2010) it was only Emirates that operated them and watching them come in, dwarfing every other plane before and after them was great. I couldn't believe how quiet they were despite their size, a magnificent feat of engineering, having it depart in and out of Glasgow is great for the airport even if it is on a temporary basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mox said: When I first moved to London I stayed in Chiswick for the first few months, right on the flight path into Heathrow, and in the first month of unemployment I'd sit on the balcony, wee cup of tea, couple of fags and watch the flights come in. I think at that time (2010) it was only Emirates that operated them and watching them come in, dwarfing every other plane before and after them was great. I couldn't believe how quiet they were despite their size, a magnificent feat of engineering, having it depart in and out of Glasgow is great for the airport even if it is on a temporary basis. Used to go to the Far East with work a lot and always went through Dubai so was on these a few times from London to Dubai when they were first introduced, you're right about how quiet they are, also I was amazed how smooth the landings were as well. The bar upstairs is pretty cool as well. You need to see one parked up next to a 747 to get a feel for how big they are. Edited December 20, 2018 by aaid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Nice big target to crash your drone into Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 51 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Nice big target to crash your drone into Look how long this is continuing, you could shut down luton heathrow stanstead and gatwick at the same time easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I don't understand why drones are more dangerous than birds and there are millions of them flying about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 38 minutes ago, Orraloon said: I don't understand why drones are more dangerous than birds and there are millions of them flying about. I assume it's because, in theory, you could strap some sort of device to a drone and control its location where as you can't do that with a bird, unless it's a pigeon of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mee Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Orraloon said: I don't understand why drones are more dangerous than birds and there are millions of them flying about. Birds aren't usually made of metal and have very light delicate bones to allow them to fly. Reports are that the airport drones are big commercial ones too, who knows what it's all about. Doubt it is someone doing it for a laugh because if you heard you could/would get 5 years for it you would stop immediately and hide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 A bloke I used to work with who lives reasonably close to Gatwick has pointed out that they have recently announced plans to increase flights by using the emergency runway and that this has gone down very badly - for obvious reasons - with local residents. Could be a motive for the disruption today. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/18/gatwick-plans-using-emergency-runway-to-increase-flight-capacity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Seems such a long time to be shut down. It's pretty crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 A quick peruse of twitter gets the culprit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintydave Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Sitting at Changi airport waiting to board one of these monsters. Really are beasts, make the 747's look like wee twin props! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Ugly bassas though. Size is not everything Gimmee lovely early jets anytime... ...without the dodgy square windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 A380 is an ugly nightmare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 13 hours ago, Grim Jim said: Ugly bassas though. Size is not everything Gimmee lovely early jets anytime... ...without the dodgy square windows Would love to have flown in a VC-10. At least I got to watch them fly til fairly recently though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibi Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 13 hours ago, Grim Jim said: Ugly bassas though. Size is not everything Gimmee lovely early jets anytime... ...without the dodgy square windows Was it not the square windows that were the cause of all the crashes involving early Comets? Stress concentrations at the corners of the apertures causing cracking and decompression I think it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 43 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Would love to have flown in a VC-10. At least I got to watch them fly til fairly recently though... Beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 26 minutes ago, Alibi said: Was it not the square windows that were the cause of all the crashes involving early Comets? Stress concentrations at the corners of the apertures causing cracking and decompression I think it was. That was my belief when I posted too, but seems we were wrong. I had a quick read on Wiki, and yes the window corners increased stress there, but turns out other areas of the fuselage failed first under the pressurisation tests they did following several accidents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny’s Yard Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 On 12/18/2018 at 9:37 PM, aaid said: Fantastic planes. Having just spent more than 16 hours in the economy section of one, with a 2 year old and a 4 year old for company, I am not sure that I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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