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Kai Tak
Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 10:28
by dodger
Yes i know there are lots of Video's of HK but i came across this short one and thought of you Ian
One thing i had not thought about seeing Concorde landing was considering her high landing speed that must have been Hairy!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PCOcyt ... creen&NR=1
Enjoy,
Roger.
Re: Kai Tak
Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 10:56
by DaveB
Before any of you watch this.. I urge you to turn your volume down. 633Sqn.. while a great bit of music, has no place on this video
ATB
DaveB
Re: Kai Tak
Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 11:10
by dodger
Hi Dave,
Yes i agree but unfortunately they picked the wrong music, nothing i could do about it!
Roger.
Re: Kai Tak
Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 11:48
by DaveB
I know Rog.. you weren't getting the blame
I just can't get my head around why folk do this. Put a soundtrack on it by all means but 633Sqn on a video about Kai Tak
The mind boggles
ATB
DaveB
Re: Kai Tak
Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 11:56
by Tomliner
Dave,I suspect that those who make such predictable and unimaginative choices are from the same stable as reporters who have to compare the relative size of something to a number of football pitches or London buses!!and why only London buses,are they a different size to those of other cities or towns? To$$ers!
EricT
Re: Kai Tak
Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 12:48
by DaveB
You're undoubtedly right Eric and to add salt to the wounds.. those folk get paid for this drivel
I was amused by reporting when the first A380's came here. On that occasion, they didn't use London buses as a means of measurement but Lancaster bombers. Imaginative.. certainly but relevant.. certainly not
ATB
DaveB
Re: Kai Tak
Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 14:07
by NigelC
There's an Alitalia MD-11at Kai Tak vid on you tube somewhere, where there is a rather rapid "50,40,30,20" followed by a Whoah! from the skipper and a bank angle warning!
N
Re: Kai Tak
Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 23:41
by nigelb
DaveB wrote:Before any of you watch this.. I urge you to turn your volume down. 633Sqn.. while a great bit of music, has no place on this video
ATB
DaveB
yes, "A Hundred Million Miracles" from Flower Drum Song may be more appropriate after watching those landings!
Nigel²
Re: Kai Tak
Posted: 23 Mar 2013, 09:16
by Garry Russell
The landing speed of a 747-400 is 130-160 kts. Concorde was almost always 160, so not much in it especially if the 747 was heavy
Concorde coming down the approach, very nose high and light at the end of a trip seems nearer to the 747, but the take off speed of Concorde was much higher.