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!
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)
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 ;)
