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Down at the airport today:

6 A321 between stands 37 and 40
8 A321 area Q stands 81/82
1 A321 outside BA hangar
1 A331 on old short runway

McG wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:25 pm Down at the airport today:

6 A321 between stands 37 and 40
8 A321 area Q stands 81/82
1 A321 outside BA hangar
1 A331 on old short runway

I wonder if the airport is expecting more parked aircraft from BA as clearly there is an engineering resource onsite

I understand the tight parking was made possible by using a Mototok https://www.mototok.com/

Bearsden wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:33 pm
I wonder if the airport is expecting more parked aircraft from BA as clearly there is an engineering resource onsite

I understand the tight parking was made possible by using a Mototok https://www.mototok.com/

Not sure. Might be the airport wanting to get the VOR back in service before the winter in case there's any problems with the ILS.

The documentary that CH5? Did on BA last year showed a female ramp supervisor being trained to do pushbacks using the Mototok. I believe virtually all BA A32X series pushbacks at LHR are now done using them. I wonder if BA sent one up from LHR along with a trained operator to do the moves.

McG wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:11 pm

Bearsden wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:33 pm
I wonder if the airport is expecting more parked aircraft from BA as clearly there is an engineering resource onsite

I understand the tight parking was made possible by using a Mototok https://www.mototok.com/

Not sure. Might be the airport wanting to get the VOR back in service before the winter in case there's any problems with the ILS.

Certainly the long-standing VOR U/S NOTAMs all expire at 2359 tomorrow but I note
Q) EGPX/QNMAS/IV/BO /AE /000/999/5552N00427W
A) EGPF
B) 20/09/17 00:00 C) 20/09/30 23:59
E) GLASGOW DVOR/DME GOW FREQ 115.40 MHZ CHANNEL 101X, BOTH PARTS U/S

Bearsden wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:48 pm

McG wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:11 pm

Bearsden wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:33 pm
I wonder if the airport is expecting more parked aircraft from BA as clearly there is an engineering resource onsite

I understand the tight parking was made possible by using a Mototok https://www.mototok.com/

Not sure. Might be the airport wanting to get the VOR back in service before the winter in case there's any problems with the ILS.

Certainly the long-standing VOR U/S NOTAMs all expire at 2359 tomorrow but I note
Q) EGPX/QNMAS/IV/BO /AE /000/999/5552N00427W
A) EGPF
B) 20/09/17 00:00 C) 20/09/30 23:59
E) GLASGOW DVOR/DME GOW FREQ 115.40 MHZ CHANNEL 101X, BOTH PARTS U/S

Absolute Hebrew speak...???

Basically says the GOW DVOR/DME is out of service from 17/09/20 to 30/09/20.

Eastern Airways ER4 G-CISK operated a charter to Alesund this morning, any idea who for?

GKirk wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 9:38 am Eastern Airways ER4 G-CISK operated a charter to Alesund this morning, any idea who for?

There was one at the end of last month also. Could quite possibly be oil rig or ship crew related charters?

One of the airport's Rosenbauer fire engines on the back of a low loader on the M8 slip road from the airport towards Glasgow about 15:30 yesterday.

McG wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:01 am One of the airport's Rosenbauer fire engines on the back of a low loader on the M8 slip road from the airport towards Glasgow about 15:30 yesterday.

Sold, or off for specialised maintenance ?