Sorry for errors flight was inbound to London from Dubai with three hours to run at 40,000 ft On 19 Nov 2015 13:02, "Mike Cleaver" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Actually a few hours out from London he would be at FL400 - i.e. 40,0000 > ft pressure altitude. At FL 040 (4000 ft AMSL) he would be below the hill > tops in the Alps etc - but there isn't a lot of IAS difference between > stall and Vne at FL 400 and the 380 only reaches this level after several > hours in cruise if it was full at takeoff, though on a 14 hour leg they > usually start at 340 westbound ind 350 eastbound. > > Wombat > > On 19/11/2015 11:48 PM, Mark Newton wrote: > >> On Nov 19, 2015, at 8:08 PM, dennis hipperson<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> Upon landing I was able to go to the cockpit and ask Captain Egan what >>> had happened. >>> He said we were in wave and the speed brakes and engines were doing >>> their job of >>> controlling speed and that at one point we nearly went through VNE !!!!! >>> >>> >> At FL040 a few hours out from London, an A380 would be simultaneously >> within a handful of knots of Vne and a handful of knots of Vs. Speeding up >> and slowing down would both be something you’d want to do very carefully >> (which, I assume, the flight management systems take care of gently :-) >> >> - mark >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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