Cardiff-London City,Dash 8 B.A.Landor

[Hergest]

G'day all,
18 shots for those who might be on dial up.

Here we go from Wales to my second favourite airport in FS being London City and of course in my favourite plane with one of my favourite liveries which is why so many shots.

Loading up with 2500 kilos of Welsh Rarebit and some old Budgie lps at Cardiff on an autumn mid afternoon.
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All ready to go, just waiting while we switch off what we don't need and turn on what we do, what's this big red button do? :-)
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A bloke up in Cardiff castle took this one of us climbing away.
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Turning away for the trip east
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Still turning with some lovely autumn sunshine on the surprisingly blue Severn Estuary. Blue mud methinks
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On course heading towards England and the clouds, nice slow climb today, fits the mood.
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Over Blighty
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Just passing over the occasional cloud and enjoying the shine on this nice aircraft.
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:-cool
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On descent into London with the sun shining off the tower blocks of the city
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Turning to line up with the runway, i've seen this bridge so many times but don't know what it's called.
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This really shows the 5.5 degree glideslope well. I'm still quite high but have already caught the glideslope and am down to 3 greens on the PAPI. London City is great fun to land at but takes a fair bit of practise to get it right and not overshoot the glideslope and the runway or stall
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Looking good
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About 150 feet to go and at 115 knots. Stall speed on the PSS Dash is around 110 so you have to be careful.
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So close. That's Canary Wharf tower in front
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Inches to go. A bit too much on the flare but i was quite cautious about slamming the front wheel down.Also the PSS Dash does like to land a bit more nose up than i've seen Dashs do in real life
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As we taxi in some kind soul turns on all the lights and all of a sudden it feels like xmas:-)
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Parked and unloaded at the gate. Welcome to London City, now to put the Budgie lps on the turntable,tuck in to that rarebit, and maybe a few creamy pints;-)
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By the way, showing how much i like London City and the Dash 8, the link is to what i have as an A3 framed print on my study wall and boy does it look good.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/362934/L/

Regards
Paul

[macchris]

As usual those are great shots again Paul! The approach into London is always exciting. Which christmas present did you get? ;-)

Wonderful a.net shot too!

Christian

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[PHCO]

Wonderful flight Paul ! :D

[jpy8]

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[jodd]

that bridge is meant to be the QE2(queen elizabeth 2nd) bridge that goes over the thames, from dartford to thurrock.
great shots!
jodd

[Tommypilot]

Nice shots Paul!
London City is a hard approach and normally only the captains may do it(in real)...certainly on the AVRO planes.

Ciao

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[Squitters]

Great pics Paul..:-cool

Steve :D

[Hergest]

Thanks for the comments fellas, especially to Jodd now i know what that bridge is called i can bore you all rigid:-)

Paul

[kolkol]

absolutely spplendid shots Paul

[FlyingKiwi]

Excellent shots, interesting as usual! :) That's a nice photo you have a print of too. ;)