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Sunday 31 March 2013

777 ice-breaker!


By flugsnug
Published on 31 Mar 2013

Reverse thrust from the Emirates Boeing 777 engines blasting chunks of ice from the edge of the runway at a snowy and icy Birmingham Airport (BHX) in late March 2013.

Wednesday 27 March 2013

SAS MD-82 impressive 'zoom' climb


By flugsnug
Published on 27 Mar 2013

I'm convinced that SAS have secretly fitted afterburners to the Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines on their MD-82 aircraft. With all that smoke, noise and awesome 'vertical' climbs from the runway surely reheat is the only possible explanation?

This is flight SK2534 on its way to 60,000 feet from runway 33 at Birmingham Airport BHX.

Monday 25 March 2013

Emirates 777: flights EK39 - EK40


By flugsnug
Published on 25 Mar 2013
 
Boeing 777 on Emirates flight EK39 from Dubai lands at Birmingham Airport on runway 15, March 22 2013, taking off back to Dubai later as EK40. The area of the new BHX runway extension is becoming pretty obvious now.

Friday 22 March 2013

Whip crack sound from 737 wake turbulence


By flugsnug 
Published on 22 Mar 2013
          
Whip cracking sounds have sometimes been reported from the turbulent wake following landing planes. I've heard some very weird sounds from the wake, but this is the one and only time I've actually experienced the whip crack, which is at 0:45 in the video. The recording doesn't really do it justice - I nearly jumped out of my boots it was so loud and sudden!

If you look carefully before the whip crack you can see a visible effect of the wake as a horizontal line passing downwards through the horizon at 0:39 and visible for over 3 seconds. Also you can see the camera shake after the crack as the wash hits it (the movement at 0:51 is me panning slightly).

For geeksters the video finishes with a repeated recording of the whip crack and a display of the sound spectrum of the entire recording.

The plane is a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 landing runway 33 at Birmingham Airport (BHX). The conditions were: wind calm, temperature +5C, dew point +3C, barometric pressure (QNH) 990hPa

Thursday 21 March 2013

Sunday 17 March 2013

737 wing flex in crosswind


By flugsnug    
Published on 17 Mar 2013
          
Taking off at Birmingham Airport BHX in heavy rain and a strong crosswind, this Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 shows very obvious wing flexing due to turbulence - before the take-off run starts and particularly whilst climbing away. Enlarged versions of the pre-roll and climb are added to the end of the video. The bending looks spectacular but the wings are well capable of taking it!

Sunday 10 March 2013

Lighter aircraft at BHX (2013)



Published on 10 Mar 2013
 
The heavies are the stars of the show at most airports, and it can be difficult to even see the lighter stuff as it comes and goes, but the business and private etc planes and pilots do an invaluable if relatively unnoticed job. This video is a small selection of landings and take-offs of single and twin-engined planes at Birmingham Airport in 2013. Sorry they are nearly inaudible.

In order, the planes are:

Pilatus PC-12 (M-HARP)
Cessna Citation 550 of Eurojet (G-MHIS)
Cessna F406 (G-BVJT)
Piper PA-28 (G-TOLL)
Cessna F406 (D-ICCC)
Partenavia/Vulcanair P68 (G-TERA)
Dornier D228 of Arcus Air (D-CUTT)
Dornier D228 of Arcus Air (D-CUTT)
Cessna Citation 500 of Eurojet (G-JTNC)

Saturday 9 March 2013

Emirates n' earthworks


By flugsnug 
Published on 9 Mar 2013
          
High-flying Emirates 777's contrasting with down-to-earth excavation work south of bhx - birmingham airport.

Friday 8 March 2013

Birmingham Airport runway 777 blast-cleaning contract continues


By flugsnug
Published on 8 Mar 2013
          
A drizzly day in March, and this close-up shows that Emirates continue to provide BHX with a highly effective reverse-thrust scouring service for the old runway ;)

Wednesday 6 March 2013

Emirates 777 takeoffs on runways 15 and 33 BHX


By flugsnug
Published on 6 Mar 2013

Nose-on views of flight EK40 departing Birmingham for Dubai, first on runway 15 (shot from about 1 km south of the airport), then on runway 33 (shot from just north of the runway).

The Boeing 777 is one of the most beautiful and graceful machines ever made. Now add the fantastic sound of those 50+ tonne-thrust engines... can't wait to film the next Emirates flight!

Saturday 2 March 2013

PIA Boeing 777 Evening Arrival • Birmingham Airport Runway 33


By TheHDvideographer    
Published on 10 Mar 2013
          
Date: 2nd March 2013
Airline: PIA Pakistan International Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 777-240(ER)
Registration: AP-BGK
Airport: Birmingham (BHX/EGBB)

Thomson Airways: x2 Dreamliner Livery 757's • Birmingham Airport


TheHDvideographer
Published on 8 Mar 2013
          
Date: 2nd March 2013
Airline: Thomson Airways
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200(WL)
Registration: G-OOBA & G-BYAY
Airport: Birmingham (BHX/EGBB)

Turkish Airlines • Boeing 737-800 • TC-JFE


By TheHDvideographer 
Published on 7 Mar 2013
          
Date: 2nd March 2013
Airline: Turkish Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8F2(WL)
Registration: TC-JFE
Airport: Birmingham (BHX/EGBB)

BHX Runway 33 Arrivals: Air Berlin, EasyJet, KLM & More


By TheHDvideographer
Published on 6 Mar 2013
          
2nd March 2012.
- D-ABFE Air Berlin Airbus A320-214
- G-EZUP Easyjet Airbus A320-214
- EI-DCY Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS
- D-AEBM Lufthansa Regional Embraer ERJ-190
- PH-BGC KLM Boeing 737-8K2

Monarch A321 & Air Berlin A320 Departures @ Birmingham Airport


By TheHDvideographer
Published on 5 Mar 2013

Date: 2nd March 2013
Airlines: Monarch & Air Berlin
Aircraft: Airbus A321-231 & Airbus A320-214
Registrations: G-OZBG & D-ABFE
Airport: Birmingham (BHX/EGBB)

BHX Runway 33: Boeing 777-300 Powerful Takeoff


By TheHDvideographer
Published on 4 Mar 2013
 
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Date: 2nd March 2013
Airline: Emirates
Aircraft: Boeing 777-31H(ER)
Registration: A6-EBX
Airport: Birmingham (BHX/EGBB)