New Airbus Pictures fron the air.

I was flying into Van Nuys this morning IFR when ATC told us to look 11:00
and we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first Flight into
LAX. I took a few pictures.
http://kevinandrews.com/this_is_the_...s_superjum.htm

Wow thats a big vertical stabilizer. I hope its glued on better than
previous models!

Aluckyguess wrote:

I was flying into Van Nuys this morning IFR when ATC told us to look 11:00
and we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first Flight into
LAX. I took a few pictures.
http://kevinandrews.com/this_is_the_...s_superjum.htm








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For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

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Aluckyguess writes:

I was flying into Van Nuys this morning IFR when ATC told us to look 11:00
and we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first Flight into
LAX. I took a few pictures.
http://kevinandrews.com/this_is_the_...s_superjum.htm

Even ATC fell under the spell? Photo ops first, safety second. Or was
"traffic a factor" legitimately in this case? (Seems unlikely if you were
descending into VNY and the Scarebus was descending into LAX, unless that wake
turbulence is even worse than they've been saying.)

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what that heck are you talking about... safety... photo ops?

Anyone can safely fly 1000ft above a heavy.. or in ATC approach airspace..
IFR.. 3 miles lateral.

But it does look a lot closer than the 7 miles mentioned on the web page.
BT

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Aluckyguess writes:

I was flying into Van Nuys this morning IFR when ATC told us to look
11:00
and we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first Flight
into
LAX. I took a few pictures.
http://kevinandrews.com/this_is_the_...s_superjum.htm

Even ATC fell under the spell? Photo ops first, safety second. Or was
"traffic a factor" legitimately in this case? (Seems unlikely if you were
descending into VNY and the Scarebus was descending into LAX, unless that
wake
turbulence is even worse than they've been saying.)

--
Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

7 miles away it was save.
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Aluckyguess writes:

I was flying into Van Nuys this morning IFR when ATC told us to look
11:00
and we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first Flight
into
LAX. I took a few pictures.
http://kevinandrews.com/this_is_the_...s_superjum.htm

Even ATC fell under the spell? Photo ops first, safety second. Or was
"traffic a factor" legitimately in this case? (Seems unlikely if you were
descending into VNY and the Scarebus was descending into LAX, unless that
wake
turbulence is even worse than they've been saying.)

--
Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

Zoomed all the way in. I wish I would have had my Nikon D100 with the
telephoto lenses. I just had a cannon 710 in my flight bag. It was exciting
for what ever reason. How many happen to be flying and get to see a new
plane descend down through the clouds. Anyone can see it go up through them.
"BT" wrote in message
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what that heck are you talking about... safety... photo ops?

Anyone can safely fly 1000ft above a heavy.. or in ATC approach airspace..
IFR.. 3 miles lateral.

But it does look a lot closer than the 7 miles mentioned on the web page.
BT

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
Aluckyguess writes:

I was flying into Van Nuys this morning IFR when ATC told us to look
11:00
and we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first Flight
into
LAX. I took a few pictures.
http://kevinandrews.com/this_is_the_...s_superjum.htm

Even ATC fell under the spell? Photo ops first, safety second. Or was
"traffic a factor" legitimately in this case? (Seems unlikely if you
were
descending into VNY and the Scarebus was descending into LAX, unless that
wake
turbulence is even worse than they've been saying.)

--
Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

Aluckyguess wrote:
we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first Flight into
LAX.

Lucky bastage! I'd have gone to the show, but I've got ruddy classes in
the morning. :*(

TheSmokingGnu

**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY** writes:

Wow thats a big vertical stabilizer. I hope its glued on better than
previous models!

On previous models, the stabilizer was much weaker than the rest of the
aircraft. Now the entire aircraft has been weakened so that it all fails as a
single unit in a coherent way. If anything, the under-strength wings will go
first.

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BT wrote:

what that heck are you talking about... safety... photo ops?

Anyone can safely fly 1000ft above a heavy.. or in ATC approach airspace..
IFR.. 3 miles lateral.




ATC only needs one foot above a heavier aircraft to provide wake
turbulence separation, 100 feet above is the practical minimum as that's
what the mode C reports. Three miles only works until you are directly
behind.

"TheSmokingGnu" wrote in message
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Aluckyguess wrote:
we should be able to see the new Airbus's making its first Flight into
LAX.

Lucky bastage! I'd have gone to the show, but I've got ruddy classes in
the morning. :*(

TheSmokingGnu
I did feel lucky. My CFI asked if I would pick one of his pilots up at VNY.
He was in a King Air I was in my A36 and we beat him there. He did a missed
approach so we were able to get in first. I am doing my IFR training so I
got a free session in actual IFR. The Airbus was just icing on the cake.