A400m at Southampton.
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 335
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: same planet as yours
Posts: 331
Same type, different country, used to do stop&go's @EBAW 4,954ft . Light winds and airfield too small to conveniently handle the type, they landed in one direction, did a one-eighty and departed in the other direction 

Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: 50+ north
Posts: 986
The long awaited runway extension will have zero impact on RWY 20 landing distance which will stay at the current 1605M, or 5266 Ft in old money. IMHO nothing of concern to A400 operators.
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: UK
Age: 58
Posts: 2,586
During the recent Farnborough event (I hesitate to call it an Airshow) the Turks apparently requested to use neighbouring Blackbushe (around 1200m runway for those unfamiliar) for one of theirs. The airfield declined it apparently due to weight and also because there is no handling equipment there to get it's freight off (although I believe it was carrying a helicopter which presumably would be rolled down the ramp!)
Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: In the State of Denial
Posts: 986
Only a military, public funded "airline" could afford to do this.
Or is the simulator U/S again?
Or is the simulator U/S again?
Many years ago there was a shortfall of spares on a certain AT frame (circa £9m) which restricted the ‘offer’ to DSCOM so they made up the shortfall by chartering civ air to move the freight (circa £90m). We used to see the DC8 at the Secret Wiltshire Airbase almost daily loading up. Then in order to maintain currency crews then flew empty aircraft around rather than shifting the freight that needed to get to the Middle East. It’s no way to run an airline but seems to be the reality of running the AT fleet.
Gnome de PPRuNe
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Age: 58
Posts: 10,111
Just noticed an A400 has made a low pass over Edinburgh Castle a short while ago, is it for the Tattoo?
Edit: yes it was!
Edit: yes it was!
Last edited by treadigraph; 6th Aug 2022 at 19:16.