Newcastle Airport

[hammo19]

Sat here in the bar waiting for a flight to Bristol. We have just watched an Emirates 777 land in from Dubai. The plane looks massive compared to the 737s, A320s and Emb 190s. It looks too big for the airport taxiing back down the runway but very impressive.

[SHutchinson]

I watch that take off and land from my desk each day. It's impressive. The Air Force seem to do practice approaches and circuits most days too, they're the loudest.

[hammo19]

Lucky you to be able to do that. It’s a great spotters airport and a friendly one too.

[LimaDelta]

Same with the UAE Royal flight 747 when that is in town. Seems way too big for the place.

I did a lot of my flying training at Newcastle. The GA aircraft rarely mix it with the big commercial stuff as they all stick to the north apron, while we are on the south side. I do remember doing circuits on day and hearing the Emirates 777 being told to 'hold at alpha1 for the PA-38 on short final'. That's me I thought. All those people are waiting for me. No pressure then, make it a good one.

I also managed a good 'guns kill' on it once when orbiting at right base for 25. Set up a nice lead pursuit as it passed me. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt. I'm probably on a watch list now for writing that

[hammo19]

LimaDelta said:

Same with the UAE Royal flight 747 when that is in town. Seems way too big for the place.

I did a lot of my flying training at Newcastle. The GA aircraft rarely mix it with the big commercial stuff as they all stick to the north apron, while we are on the south side. I do remember doing circuits on day and hearing the Emirates 777 being told to 'hold at alpha1 for the PA-38 on short final'. That's me I thought. All those people are waiting for me. No pressure then, make it a good one.

I also managed a good 'guns kill' on it once when orbiting at right base for 25. Set up a nice lead pursuit as it passed me. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt. I'm probably on a watch list now for writing that

What a great story...thanks for that very entertaining. Did you put a kill sticker on the Piper?

[LimaDelta]

hammo19 said:

What a great story...thanks for that very entertaining. Did you put a kill sticker on the Piper?

Sadly not. I don't think the flying school would have approved.

[khaosai]

It would be considered a reasonably short runway for a B777. Will certainly concentrate the mind on landing, particularly an automatic landing at maximum landing weight in 75 metres visibility.

[pbarlow0032]

I’ve flown on that to Dubai a few times now, and it does look huge compared to all of the other planes coming in, and I think because it is such a small airport you really notice the difference. Not a pilot so can’t comment on how easy/hard it is to land here, but I have heard that Newcastle is a short runway hence why we don’t really get many big planes using the airport. I think it’s mainly 737s or small airbus

[KTM990]

Small world. Just read this whilst waiting to board that exact flight.