petermcleland 96 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Here is a shot I took today of a take-off:- and here is a brief (3 minute) video of events leading up to and beyond it:- http://www.petermcleland.com/video/AES01.wmv I'll leave you to guess where it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta777 272 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Leipzip EDDP. Nice work btw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Hamilton 97 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Leipzip EDDP One of my favorite German airports... That train station is a dead giveaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Fletcher 570 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Hello Peter, Lovely old bird you got there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermcleland 96 Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Hello Peter, Lovely old bird you got there Hi Shaun, Yes, I spent the last 10 years of my flying career in command on the Trident III:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaders 97 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Nice work Peter as always. One question, that shot of you in the Trident. Is that a moving map infront of the thrust levers?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted November 17, 2009 Aerosoft Share Posted November 17, 2009 Nice work Peter as always. One question, that shot of you in the Trident. Is that a moving map infront of the thrust levers?? It was moving at the same speed as Peter (and the aircaft) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharrow 107 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 LOL! The map (approach plates?) does have rollers on the top and bottom so every now and then it actually does move a bit faster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Sheriffs Herman 1591 Posted November 18, 2009 Deputy Sheriffs Share Posted November 18, 2009 One of my favorite German airports... That train station is a dead giveaway. So is the stub of the old east runway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermcleland 96 Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 Nice work Peter as always. One question, that shot of you in the Trident. Is that a moving map infront of the thrust levers?? Yes that paper moving map is driven by doppler...It was OK but not too precise...The First Officer put it right occasionally as a fix was passed and at that moment it was spot on...but it then would drift a bit until it was next corrected. You had a roll of paper map issued with the nav stuff and briefing sheets for each flight out from base (Heathrow in my case) and the First Officer always looked after it...I was never a First Officer on Tridents so I got a bit hazy about Doppler. However, I WAS a First Officer on the Super 111 and that had a Harco moving map display and that was really excellent...it was controlled by a Decca signal from ground stations and I loved it. We always tuned the VORs and NDBs along the route as backup and these displayed just how accurate the map was...When the Autopilot was locked to Harco and the aircraft approached a sharp turn at a waypoint, it would start the turn exactly early enough to roll out precisely on the new track...Wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Fletcher 570 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Hello Peter, Some interesting reading there, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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