OA A380 Lisbon - Athens

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dotsalgon
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OA A380 Lisbon - Athens

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Boarding at Lisbon.
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Ready for Push Back
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Pushing Back
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Taxing
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Take off
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Climbing
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Cruising
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Starting descent
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On Approach
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No further pictures were taken due to a minor mechanical emergency on the flaps system.
The aircraft performed an emergency landing at Athens International Airport of Eleftherios Venizelos with no flaps deployed.
Landing speed of 200knts/h at 03R Runway.
It touched down like baby but it roared like a tiger! These two reversers performed excellent !
The aircraft stopped successful and unharmed right at the end of the runway!

Thank you for watching!

PS. PA did a heck of a job creating this flying whale! Thank you so much!

GaryG
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Re: OA A380 Lisbon - Athens

Post by GaryG »

Nice pics :)

Btw, 200 knots? wow....

dotsalgon
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Re: OA A380 Lisbon - Athens

Post by dotsalgon »

Thnx! :D

Yeah!! 200 knots!! I had no flaps to slow her down and she was going down fast! I almost shitted my pants!!
It was my 1st emergency with an A380 and I wasn't sure if she would make it through the runway! Luckily she did!
Runway 03R/21L 13.123ft, 4.000m

GaryG
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Re: OA A380 Lisbon - Athens

Post by GaryG »

not even spoilers?

dotsalgon
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Re: OA A380 Lisbon - Athens

Post by dotsalgon »

The spoilers were deployed but no flaps. A lot of reversers use and a little bit of brake after 100knts... :S
The touch down was very very smooth even at 200knts!!

GaryG
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Re: OA A380 Lisbon - Athens

Post by GaryG »

well, it should be...you had ample lift on the wings, so, why not?

dotsalgon
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Re: OA A380 Lisbon - Athens

Post by dotsalgon »

I don't know.. I was expecting a very hard touch down...

Srilanka
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Re: OA A380 Lisbon - Athens

Post by Srilanka »

If i land at 200 knts i bounce back into the air....Mabey im not a good pilot :(

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