Lets hear it for the ATP

[acw367]

Some from last week in Coventry
G-OBWP Coventry 19 April 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

G-BTTO Coventry 19 April 2015 by ACW367, on Flickr

[condor]

Guys ,
Today we were visited by an ex Compton Abbas instructor .1st seen as a teenage microlight instructor now a Loganair Senior First Officer about to get his command on the Saab 340s . Today his passed his test to be a PPL examiner . This reminded me of my time in Highlands and Islands Division .

Rarely snowy in Stornoway due proximity of the Gulf Stream . Now someone might have mentioned wind .....

SYY , Rwy 36 , 15th April 1992 , about 40+kts from the East ....



G-BTPJ , or Papa Jugular . If zoomed in , flare just started as elevators just beginning to move up . Drift still applied but kicking off beginning as rudder V slightly to the left , and ailerons moving to put right wheels down 1st [ into wind wheels ] . Full flap to get a short stop and avoid a long taxi in .
Bottom centre , even the birds are walking [ or maybe holding on the post ] . Looks like an Oyster catcher , or Sandpiper , but he's parked into wind with ground locks engaged !
Wind is everyday bread and butter in The Western or Northern Isles to those who ply their trade there . 60 kts across is not unknown in Benbecula , operations normal ;
100 kts overnight experienced in Shetland . Luckily we were in hotel bar , but felt like a sledge hammer hitting the hotel .
Taken by a gentleman who was arriving to pick up his daughter , and thought to catch our arrival . He left the photo in Highland Div's office for me to pick up a few weeks later .

rgds condor .

[keithnewsome]

Photo of most of SE-LPU (with other clutter sorry) at Coventry last week !

[phat01]

not seen many and only 1 pic to count taken last week at East Mids

G-BTPE by Phil Salter, on Flickr

Cheers

Phil

[Tally-ho]

Seen on the ramp behind the 'Airbase' hangar at Coventry in May 2015, G-MANO taxiing in and G-BTPA going out.


ATP at Coventry by Marius Bekker, on Flickr

[retro11]

Time for a top up from myself

SE-LPR This machine already appears in this thread as G-OBWL landing at Dublin by B707fan

WEST AIR EUROPE ATP by RETRO 11, on Flickr

SE-LPS

AIR WEST SWEDEN ATP by RETRO 11, on Flickr

G-BUUP

ATLANTIC AIRLINES ATP by RETRO 11, on Flickr