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Hi Fly details pioneering A340 flight to Antarctic runway
Wet-lease operator Hi Fly has detailed its landing of an Airbus A340-300 on an Antarctic ice runway, the first time the four-engined type has carried out such an operation. (www.intecaerospace.com) さらに...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Congratulations! I am sure there where many other people behind the scenes that contributed to this great mission. They should all be proud of making it look so easy. The crew looked so relaxed, but am sure they are so proud and lucky to have had the opportunity to fly it.
I suspect the reason you could not fly a 747 would be lack of ground support.. things like stairs.
The very high eye height would make landing a challenge.
The very high eye height would make landing a challenge.
Wouldn’t you need airstairs for any aircraft, wide body or narrow??……A340 is also a heavy and stands quite high.
The less tall aircraft have on board air stairs..
I've been surprised at how tall the stairs they have had as options on airbus AC.
Unless you are willing to deal with folding/collapsing stairs, they can't be any taller than the cabin is wide.
I've been surprised at how tall the stairs they have had as options on airbus AC.
Unless you are willing to deal with folding/collapsing stairs, they can't be any taller than the cabin is wide.
So, without ground support equipment, the engines are not shut down?
If you look at the photos in the news article, you can see that there is some ground support including stairs and cargo handling equipment. The engines must have been shut down or it wouldn't have been safe to handle cargo from the aft door.
Thanx.