Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Two Twins

Two twin engined aircraft approaching YYZ runway 05 simultaneously

Taking pics at the end of 05 on Saturday. Surprised when these two twins flew the approach and landed within seconds of each other on the same runway. Never seen this before and contacted Airport Watch, a group of Pearson enthusiasts who are credentialed to roam the airport vicinity with minimum hassle - and who have collectively likely see a lot of different things at Pearson. Here's response from Pete at Airport watch:

The ATC Manual of Operations allows for simultaneous landing operations assuming certain conditions are met. In this case, without actually having seen just how close these guys got on the runway, the clause that comes to mind allows a light aircraft to land even if the preceding arrival has not cleared the runway as long as he can see his traffic. I m assuming that both of these guys were light aircraft - they look like a twin Cessna & a Piper Cheyenne.

Thanks Pete.

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Saturday, February 24, 2007

Thomas Cook Boeing 757



Taken by captain Bill from the front seat of an AC 767. Somewhere over the Atlantic.

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Sunday, February 18, 2007

Best Office in World

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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Concorde Flashback


From July 2003. Heathrow.

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Air Canada A-340



Dirty underside of an A-340 passing overhead. Somewhere over the Atlantic.

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Monday, February 12, 2007

Low-vis Landing



Into Heathrow. AC 767.

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Thomas Cook Airlines A-330



Somewhere over the Atlantic. Taken by Bill Pratt, Air Canada, from the pointy end of a 767.

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