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Post by Buster the Bear on Apr 29, 2016 10:40:52 GMT 1
MLT737M Boeing 737 inbound to Lasham from Hurn. The only ID that I have is HEX 4D2107.
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Post by Buster the Bear on Apr 29, 2016 10:45:40 GMT 1
Could be 9H-PAM ex F-GIXD?
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Post by Buster the Bear on Apr 29, 2016 12:06:48 GMT 1
Maleth Aero to take up the managament of another Boeing 737 Classic - 4th January 2016
Maleth Aero based in Malta have been awared the management of a Boeing 737-300QC aircraft. The aircraft was ferried to the UK in November and is expected to enter revenue service this month. Michael O'Brien Chief Executive Officer of Maleth Aero commented "we are very pleased to have been awarded the management of this aircraft which adds to our growing expertise covering both the Boeing 737 Classic and NG type. Included within the responsibility of the management contract is the need for us to identify suitable commerical opportunities for this unit and our growing database of partners will be used to assist with such. Initially to be operated as a passenger variant it is expected that the true value of the unit by way of quick change capability will be introduced into operation by the end of April this year
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Post by Admin (Annette Andria) on Apr 29, 2016 13:49:22 GMT 1
confirmed as 9H-PAM (From BOH)
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Post by Buster the Bear on May 2, 2016 11:45:06 GMT 1
For decades, the job of aerial spraying dispersant onto oil spills at sea has been assigned to slow piston-engine or turboprop cargo aircraft. Dispersant spraying is seen by the oil industry as one of the most effective ways of stopping oil slicks from washing up on beaches, harming wildlife and otherwise having a negative impact on the environment. But now a U.K.-based team is introducing jet-powered freighters converted to spray aircraft to reduce response times, increase range and reach oil spills almost anywhere in the world. Oil Spill Response Ltd. (OSRL), a cooperative formed by the oil industry to respond to oil spill incidents, has teamed with British aero engineering firm T2 Aviation—part of the 2Excel Aviation group—to deliver two modified ex-FedEx Boeing 727-200s fitted with internal tanks, pumps and a spray bar to deliver dispersant liquid, the first time a pure jet has been used for such a purpose. The first aircraft was activated at Doncaster Airport, England, on March 31 and is now ready to respond to incidents anywhere in the world at 4-hr. notice. The unlikely new role for the 727 was prompted by the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico in July 2010, when oil companies realized they needed to respond to such incidents more rapidly. Furthermore, aircraft types normally used for dispersant spraying, such as the L-382G Commercial Hercules, were becoming costlier to hire and their numbers were dwindling. An industry white paper studying new aircraft options was written and studies began in 2012. “We looked at a wide range of aircraft,” says OSRL CEO Robert Limb. “The 727 was a very good choice. At low level, it is quite overpowered; it flies at 15 deg. of Alpha [angle of attack], so when you are low-level and spraying, this protects the aircraft from bird strikes. “If you lose an engine, it does not have much of an asymmetric effect; it could climb away quite readily,” says Limb. Engineering work on the project began in 2013 with nods from regulators to use a roll-on/roll-off system of tanks and pumps that could be fitted into the cargo hold and connected to the spray bar. But as the system was undergoing its final set of flight trials in November 2013, T2 was struggling to get the system certified, Limb says. It turns out that in March 2014, regulators had reexamined the plans, deciding the dispersant was a flammable liquid and needed to be treated as such. A wholesale redesign of the system was requested. “They told us to look at the requirements for a tanking system [such as] on aerial refueling aircraft,” says Limb. From April to October 2014, 2Excel and OSRL rewrote the certification standards for dispersant-spraying aircraft in conjunction with the authorities. The new regulations concluded that spray systems and dispersant storage systems must be double-skinned, able to survive accidents with forces up to 9g without spilling, and capable of being vented or drained through separate systems than those already on the aircraft. The Tersus (Latin for “clean”) system—developed for the 727—consists of seven tanks, capable of holding 15,000 liters (4,000 gal.) of dispersant. There are also pallets for the pump systems which are prearmed and recirculate the fluid so the system can begin spraying without delay. These systems can be controlled from the cockpit. A service pallet monitors the flow rates and can deliver the dispersant through the spray bar, fitted behind the main wing, at 600-1,400 liters per min. The spray bar is attached to a hard point near where the airstair was located in the rear fuselage. Another advantage of the 727 is that it is fitted with a flat rear pressure bulkhead, simplifying some of the modification works. Nonetheless, the redesign delayed the 727’s service introduction by more than two years and costs went north of £10 million ($14 million), says Limb, exceeding the original budget by an order of magnitude. The second aircraft is currently undergoing refit and is due to be ready for operations in the third quarter of this year. Further complications emerged when ATC Lasham, the MRO provider doing the work on the 727s, went into administration (a rescue mechanism for insolvent entities) in October 2015. However, 2Excel Engineering took on ATC’s Lasham facility late last year. 2Excel owns and operates the 727s while OSRL owns the dispersant-spray equipment. Airspace boxes have been set up on England’s south and east coasts to allow the crews to practice spray operations, and while the sight of a large airliner operating low over the water is nothing short of impressive, it did cause some consternation to locals when first witnessed in 2014. Spray operations with the 727 are performed at speeds of around 150 kt. and altitudes of 160 ft. OSRL advises the use of a spotter aircraft, operating at around 2,000 ft., to talk the 727 onto the slick location and advise crew when to start spraying, because the low altitudes make it difficult for the 727 crew to judge when to begin dispersant operations.
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Post by puma2 on May 2, 2016 15:34:51 GMT 1
Thanks Buster, a very interesting article
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Post by oap on May 3, 2016 8:42:10 GMT 1
Very interesting, especially about the changing of goalposts -something that seems to happen all the time.
Must be quite a sight seeing a jet that low over water,
One hopes they won't have much use, but it is good to know that they are there if required.
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Post by Buster the Bear on May 3, 2016 19:59:40 GMT 1
The only problem with oil dispersal is that the 'spray' causes the oil to sink to the ocean bottom and ruin the ecology down there. I guess out of sight is out of mind.
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Post by planesandthings on May 6, 2016 19:56:52 GMT 1
Lasham Regular VP-CAQ 737-200 landed Rwy 09 just after 4pm today.
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Post by Buster the Bear on May 13, 2016 19:36:56 GMT 1
Non-based Pawnee G-AVPY just arrived.
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Post by Buster the Bear on May 23, 2016 10:01:05 GMT 1
G-RHYM ex based PA-31 inbound as BRO02.
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Post by Buster the Bear on May 23, 2016 16:09:01 GMT 1
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Post by Buster the Bear on May 24, 2016 15:14:48 GMT 1
Cuby G-DTUG inbound from Popham.
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Post by Buster the Bear on May 24, 2016 15:53:02 GMT 1
MTL770F Boeing 737 9H-MTF inbound, should land at around 16:10
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Post by Buster the Bear on May 26, 2016 9:57:16 GMT 1
G-LYDA Motorglider inbound.
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Post by planesandthings on May 29, 2016 12:17:42 GMT 1
Bit late in posting but 9H-MTF departed to Luton of Rwy 09 as MLT695F on Friday Afternoon at 17:00 local.
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Post by planesandthings on May 29, 2016 12:24:35 GMT 1
And for anybody interested in the gliding, there is a regional gliding competition in progress at Lasham with 50 or so glider running until next Sunday. Not sure if grid tours are available or not but worth a shot with a donation to the Lasham Trust. Live information can be found here from the organisers. www.lashamcomps.co.uk/
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Post by Buster the Bear on May 30, 2016 22:09:01 GMT 1
A bit of light reading about the Farnborough airspace grab.
docs.fasvig.info/ACP/20160513-FASVIG-Farnborough-Airspace-Report.pdf
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Post by Buster the Bear on Jun 1, 2016 22:58:21 GMT 1
Looks like not much gliding has taken place this week?
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Post by oap on Jun 2, 2016 11:27:37 GMT 1
Amphibious gliders required?
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Post by planesandthings on Jun 4, 2016 16:11:18 GMT 1
Dragon Rapide G-AHAG landed 30 minutes ago from Membury. Chance of a competition day for the gliders tomorrow (Sunday).
9H-OME arrived on RWY 09 on Thursday 2nd as AXY9 from Cardiff. Talk of another movement early next week, potentially Monday.
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Post by Buster the Bear on Jun 4, 2016 16:12:04 GMT 1
Turbulent Team on base leg for Lasham at 16:00 today. I first saw a version of this team back in the late 1960s (I was about 6 years old) at Dunstable Downs flying display and probably the same airframes?
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Post by Buster the Bear on Jun 6, 2016 11:08:57 GMT 1
PA-32 G-MLLI inbound at 11:10
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Post by Buster the Bear on Jun 6, 2016 11:51:15 GMT 1
MLT733M 9H-PAM departing Lasham.
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Post by Buster the Bear on Jun 6, 2016 12:34:54 GMT 1
9H-PAM returned after a short airtest.
9H-MTF as MLT733F inbound and should land at 12:50
That should make 3 Maltese registered 737s on the ground if 9H-ONE is this on-site?
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Post by Buster the Bear on Jun 6, 2016 12:48:27 GMT 1
9H-MTF passing Alton inbound.
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Post by Buster the Bear on Jun 8, 2016 17:26:55 GMT 1
Lasham. A couple of departures pending, a Beech 200 and a B737-500 (Probably 9H-OME)
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Post by Buster the Bear on Jun 8, 2016 17:55:08 GMT 1
9H-OME on departure and the Beech 200 was PA-31 G-BPYR.
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Post by Buster the Bear on Jun 8, 2016 18:36:32 GMT 1
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Post by Buster the Bear on Jun 9, 2016 17:38:49 GMT 1
Meleth Aero Boeing 737 departing shortly.
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