First landings on SeaTac's new 3rd runway

I flew down the VFR corrodor just west of SEA and saw that it is one huge piece of concete.
 
ORD just opened their extended runway 10/28 today. It's now 13000 x 150 ft. long! That compares to the 14R/32L at 13000 x 200 that Leslie landed on. I don't think she needed that extra 50'! :no:
 
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Seattle spent $1.2 Billion over fifteen years for an 8,500 foot runway? Atlanta spent $1.28 Billion for it's 9,000 foot, fifth runway. Now, they are spending $490 million for a train to take passengers further away to rental cars. I wonder which city's project contains the most corruption?

Seattle moved as many homes as Atlanta moved as many businesses and warehouses. The plan changed three times. In this Google satellite shot, you can see how much was taken away.

http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8...57,-122.309632&spn=0.020082,0.042915&t=h&z=15

The only good thing about the fifth ATL runway is it allows three, simultaneous, parallel ILS approaches.
 
gprellwitz said:
ORD just opened their extended runway 10/28 today. It's now 13000 x 150 ft. long! That compares to the 14R/32L at 13000 x 200 that Leslie landed on. I don't think she needed that extra 50'! :no:
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Man, that is going to tremendously help the Asia departures having another runway choice other than 32L and 14R.
 
TangoWhiskey said:
http://www.komonews.com/home/video/29775914.html?video=pop&t=a

Good story... how fun would that be, doing touch and go's in a jet, with somebody else paying for the fuel? :cheerswine:

Notice how the tire marks left by the autoland system perfectly straddle the centerline, too.
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when collins developed the autoland system on the L-1011 they actually had to go back later on and INDUCE some error into the system. Seems all of the L-1011's at LAX were landing within 10 feet of each other and it was really tearing up the concrete there.
 
tonycondon said:
when collins developed the autoland system on the L-1011 they actually had to go back later on and INDUCE some error into the system. Seems all of the L-1011's at LAX were landing within 10 feet of each other and it was really tearing up the concrete there.
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That would be interesting to read more about. I found nothing on a search. Do you have a web reference with more?

I recall a story by a retired BA pilot telling of landings into London. I don't recall which airport. While other planes were sent to an alternate, this aircraft continued on down and landed. Apparently, a great touchdown and smooth roll-out with no issue.

Then, it came time to turn off the runway. They were asking the tower for guidance which gave them the usual taxi instructions for that arrival. The problem was, they couldn't see beyond the pavement just ahead of the nose of the airplane.

The airline had to send out a ground crew and tug to find the plane. Then after hitching the aircraft, one ground crewman would walk a dozen feet or so in front of the tug to keep it guided on the centerline line. It took 2 1/2 hours to get the aircraft to the gate.

Maybe they needed FLIR?
 
i heard it from many older and retired collins employees when I worked there. Also may have come up during my initial CFI ride with Chuck Hall, who was their chief test pilot for many years, and AFAIK was the pilot on the L-1011 project.

The old collins guys were very proud of that autoland system, it was a huge deal for the company.

KennyFlys said:
That would be interesting to read more about. I found nothing on a search. Do you have a web reference with more?

I recall a story by a retired BA pilot telling of landings into London. I don't recall which airport. While other planes were sent to an alternate, this aircraft continued on down and landed. Apparently, a great touchdown and smooth roll-out with no issue.

Then, it came time to turn off the runway. They were asking the tower for guidance which gave them the usual taxi instructions for that arrival. The problem was, they couldn't see beyond the pavement just ahead of the nose of the airplane.

The airline had to send out a ground crew and tug to find the plane. Then after hitching the aircraft, one ground crewman would walk a dozen feet or so in front of the tug to keep it guided on the centerline line. It took 2 1/2 hours to get the aircraft to the gate.

Maybe they needed FLIR?
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