Air India Jumbo at Aberdeen

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Air India Jumbo at Aberdeen

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I very interesting video of a landing on the short runway at Aberdeen.

Jumbo

I believe it had been leased from SAA
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Aparently it's the inaugral of a new trunk route. :roll:

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I'm wondering where the thrust comes out?

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tusk, tusk :roll:

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Garry Russell wrote:Aparently it's the inaugral of a new trunk route. :roll:

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Harry Basset wrote:I'm wondering where the thrust comes out?
I'm a bit worried about the reverse thrust mate....???

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Quite effective looking spoilers there!
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Was Jiminy Cricket the pilot?

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It seems from the video Air India are buying second hand equipment from South African Airways!
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As a temporary measure whilst the paperwork goes through they are being registered in Germany

This particular example is D-UMBO :roll:

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