Weather...

petermcleland · Post by **petermcleland** » 29 Aug 2006, 12:22

Noted this today:-

http://members.shaw.ca/WDA126/Page%201.htm

Might take a little while for the pics to appear

Post by **Garry Russell** » 29 Aug 2006, 12:36

Hi Peter

That reminds me of a BOAC VC 10 that hit bad weather and was damaged by hail

I think it was out of Athens. It needed fighter escort flying along side to read out speeds as the pitots were bent.

The nose cone was smashed and the radar bent. The leading edges of the wing, tailplane and engines were multiple dented.

But next day, with a few bits sent overnight it was on it's way back to Heathrow.

Garry

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 29 Aug 2006, 12:59

There was an easyjet 737 damaged similarly (worse I'd say) about a year or so ago in Switzerland. I remember seeing a lot of cars with damage like that in Austria where I think its taken as a fairly 'normal' occurence. They looked like they'd had an altercation with a giant planishing hammer

Jetset · Post by **Jetset** » 29 Aug 2006, 20:34

The only country to give weather an ASBO!

Chris Trott · Post by **Chris Trott** » 29 Aug 2006, 23:32

Damn... that's one of Capital's 727's... Wonder which one. That had to suck.

robbie · Post by **robbie** » 30 Aug 2006, 02:47

Yep, that's got to hurt.
The same thing happened to a merchantman on approach to Luton in the early eighties, Radome a right off, also the scanner, all L/E's and intake cowls needed replacing.
The captain was a lady, and she refused to fly again that night because she was so badly shaken, and it wasn't as bad as those pics!.
Apparently it's the noise that's the worst, the crew told us that you couldn't hear over the intercom, even by shouting, the impact is so sudden, you just don't expect it!.

Robbie

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 02 Sep 2006, 17:14

Chris,

from http://www.flightlevel350.com/forum/ind ... ntry101039

"Technically, it was ex-AA 727 N708AA operated by Capital Cargo International Airlines. (Pretty obvious from the colors it's Cappy.) BAX Global has a wet-lease contract Cappy and they operate as BAX flights."

Ian

Chris Trott · Post by **Chris Trott** » 02 Sep 2006, 17:25

Thanks Ian. 708 (aka "Mountain Man Mike" - Don't ask the source, I don't know), was one of my favorites to service at DIA when it came in (which was actually not that often as 713 "Miss Jessica" and 357 "Princess Kindell" were the planes normally assigned to the route) because it had a modified fuel system that used a larger fuel manifold and inlet pipes which allowed the plane to fuel faster. It also had 737NG-style fuel valves which closed much faster than the originals making it easier to give accurate fuel loads on the first try. One of the cleaner planes of the fleet too. I think it'd just been painted the most recently when I was servicing it. They tried to keep the planes clean, but they fly the crap outta them, so they don't have time to wash and "beautify" the aircraft that often.