c130 Hercules

Yesterday the other team playing war games against the team here at margate launched a surprise attack, in the morning a hawk fighter flew over and simulated dropping 2 bombs on the airport. after the excitement over the radio came a call that a Hercules c130 plane was going to land, the airport went crazy every one was grabbing cameras and video recorders just to see this magnificent aircraft land here. It landed and stopped within a shorter distance than all the planes here which was incredible considering its size, I have some amazing photos that im going to put up a bit later so keep checking facebook and twitter for the links ill also post some videos of it for you to see:)

Big Fails!

Wind, Rain and cold weather

Its pouring down here at margate airport, the weather charts predict around 8.4mm of rain every 3 hours. Rain causes major visibilty issues as it makes final approach seem higher than it really is, so when you do realise your to high you end up nose diving the plane to lose height which ofcourse increases your approach speed and the tendency of the aircraft to aquaplane. Aquaplanning occurs on wet runways where the approach speed is to high and on touch down the wheels lock and start to skid acroos the wet surface which if left uncorrected can cause the plane to skid completely off the runway without the being able to use the brakes.