Airport Live BBC 2 17/6/13 20.00

urajoke

Irish airports used to buy Timoney but not anymore, they were HUGE beasts you should see and HEAR the one left in Dublin dear god the growl off the engine it's Rescue 8 in the link below.

http://www.fire-ireland.com/Dublin-Airport-Fire-and-Rescue-Service

EI-DOR

Have to say I was impressed by the Fire Trucks myself. Savage!

vicwatson

flazio wrote: »

I remember one of the questions covered last night came from a viewer in Dublin. Any Boardsie want to own up to it?

Someone like Dave Kavanagh IIRC

Peregrine

vicwatson wrote: »

Someone like Dave Kavanagh IIRC

Yup

Nobody here I'm guessing

vicwatson

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Yeah they are savage. Rosenbauer Panthers, most airports have been buying them the past few years. I think one of the firemen told me that the tyres themselves cost €8000 each :eek:

Baldonnel has 2, Belfast, Waterford and Doengal use them in Ireland. Possibly more.

Here's the one in Baldonnel:

Did they say 700k £ each or...?

EI-DOR

Yup 700K each. Same as the cost to get into the Control Tower after 3 years of training!

Peregrine

vicwatson wrote: »

Did they say 700k £ each or...?

Yeah they said £700,000 per truck, I think Baldonnel bought them at €800,000 each which is roughly the same

motherR

good show. Would love to try flying the air bus simulator. they made it look easy

highlydebased

I see they mentioned there is a village called Longford on the perimeter...I wonder where they got that name

Davidth88

Coming from Ruislip ( about 6 miles N of Heathrow ) , and growing up in it's shadow I found this programme really interesting .

I was that spotter on the Queens Building during the 70's / early 80's !! I had to laugh when they showed Myrtle Ave , how many people have spotted from there eh !

We used to get away with murder before security was tightened , I remember getting into the BA engineering base using an empty packet of B+H ( gold colour like the pass at the time ) , had lunch in the staff canteen , then proceeded onto the maintenance apron to take photo's of a Concorde that had been stripped down to white... bet you couldn't do that now :-)

I was very interested by the part about the expansion.

Sipson which is where the proposed 3rd runway may be built is an ancient village mentioned in the Doomsday book.

I didn't know BAA ( or Heathrow ) was buying houses around there .

I thought this part was very well balanced.

To me I think a new hub airport should be built , it's a shame the Maplin Sands wasn't built in the 70's as proposed.

( sorry OT , maybe worthy of a thread )

fryup

i'd love to get the job of towing the planes

does anyone know ..how would you go about applying for that job?? does it come under the remit of ground staff??

would you need a hgv licence or something similar?

run_Forrest_run

was it just me or did anyone else pick on on the double entendre BBC were playing at during the fire department segment? When yer one suggested maybe she will get a chance to fire his cannon?? And at the end the fireman asked her did she want to start gathering up some hose??...I laughed anyway

Gael23

I missed last night, is there a way of watching it online?

Peregrine

ryanf1 wrote: »

I missed last night, is there a way of watching it online?

It's on BBC iPlayer and YouTube possibly

donkey balls

fryup wrote: »

i'd love to get the job of towing the planes

does anyone know ..how would you go about applying for that job?? does it come under the remit of ground staff??

would you need a hgv licence or something similar?

The ground crews normally do the push backs/towing of aircraft and you don't need a HGV licence unless you drive the fueling trucks,Sometime ago I managed to have a rip in one of the SIDES truck in Dublin airport boy they are fast.
And from memory the engines are not your normal truck engine which has to be warmed up along with the air pressure to build up before the truck will move,I think they said it is either a 2 or 4 stroke engine if I have any picks of one I will post it here.
As for the show and coming from an Aviation back ground it has to be the best factual show that I have seen and gave a good insight in to the operations at an airport.

fryup

donkey balls wrote: »

The ground crews normally do the push backs/towing of aircraft and you don't need a HGV licence unless you drive the fueling trucks

but i persume they'd be looking for someone who can drive both?

donkey balls

fryup wrote: »

but i persume they'd be looking for someone who can drive both?

The fuel companies operate independently of any airline/ground handling company and you require hazchem training to carry out the work.
With the push back tugs you only need a car licence to operate them.

Jimmy444

Might want to check if this could affect your no-claims bonus before you apply for the job.

http://www.pprune.org/canada/517555-runway-run-ottawa-airport-two-aircraft-bump-wingtips.html

flickarius

Very interesting series. I was just wondering, does Dublin have the facilities for spray painting planes and tail logos etc?

Shamrock231

Yes, in fact a large number of Aircraft from abroad come to Dublin to be painted by Eiretech Aviation.

flazio

Does Shannon have that facility as well?
Also, BBC World News program Fast Track did a similar pre record piece from SEN about the fire crew and Bird Watch.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01bp0tx

(Keep an eye out for the RE ATR incoming.)