Civilian Aviation

Hi all, just 4 from what was a great day at PIK, both Dreamliners up for training today...


TOM B787-8 Dreamliner by Chris Melaisi Photography, on Flickr

Thomson Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner - G-TUIA by Chris Melaisi Photography, on Flickr


Thomson Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner G-TUIB by Chris Melaisi Photography, on Flickr

TOM ''Alfie'' Close-up. by Chris Melaisi Photography, on Flickr

Chris.

Those must be the best of that machine I've seen on here.
Touch down with brakes on a nice catch..

very nice,but if he landed with the brakes on the pilot would be looking for a new job,thats for sure!!........ .

I always thought when there was a bit of smoke about, the brakes were being applied.
But we live and learn every day.. ..

nope when an aircraft tyre touches the tarmac at 200mph it burns off some rubber,ive replaced an aircraft wheel after a "brakes on" landing,it looks like the wheel has been cut in half,it just grinds it away. http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=brakes ... B640%3B480
take a look,its a good example...cheers......... .

Nice Chris

The puff of smoke is because the wheels aren't rotating at touchdown, they have to instantaneously accelerate from 0 mph to 140(ish) mph in a millisecond. The harder the touchdown then the more smoke is generated due to a larger surface area of rubber hitting the tarmac.

Anyway, that's just my theory, it seems logical to my geriatric braincell.

Wonderful shots Chris, any idea why 'IB has been named "Alfie" ?????

yep I think that's what I said.cheers........... .

Its after a little baby boy born prematurely on a Thomson flight


Wonderful shots Chris, any idea why 'IB has been named "Alfie" ?????[/quote]

Nice shots Chris

aviationpiks wrote:Its after a little baby boy born prematurely on a Thomson flight


Wonderful shots Chris, any idea why 'IB has been named "Alfie" ?????

Thanks for that, was he born on a 787 ?

No, it was a First Choice aircraft, hres a link

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... t-1lb.html

Thanks for that, was he born on a 787 ?[/quote]

Thanks chaps.

uppergreen1 wrote:yep I think that's what I said.cheers........... .

No, you didn't say that - you said an aircraft had touched down at 200 mph with it's brakes on and you had to change the wheels.

no read it again theres a good chap!!!

uppergreen1 wrote:no read it again theres a good chap!!!

Ahh right, understood now.

Thanks for the comments and entertainment guys

Chris.