Just spotted what looks like a BA Boeing 787 dumping fuel over my house near Malmesbury.
He was low, on a curve from SW and eventually heading back in that direction towards Bristol.
Too low for contrails - and the two streams were inboard of the wingtips - maybe mid-span.
Maybe out of Lulsgate - now heading back there ???
Anyone ???
Ken
787 dumping fuel over Wiltshire??
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I know why they dump fuel - to get the landing weight down.
Just out of curiosity though - does any of that dumped fuel reach the ground ???
I assume it spreads and disperses - but it can't atomise completely can it ??
It was quite low - and I'd hate to be directly underneath when it was dumping fuel - imagine the stains on your car - or the washing ??
There was quite a lot of it - the 787 described a large circle, very low, dumping all the time I watched it.
Ken
Just out of curiosity though - does any of that dumped fuel reach the ground ???
I assume it spreads and disperses - but it can't atomise completely can it ??
It was quite low - and I'd hate to be directly underneath when it was dumping fuel - imagine the stains on your car - or the washing ??
There was quite a lot of it - the 787 described a large circle, very low, dumping all the time I watched it.
Ken
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Re: 787 dumping fuel over Wiltshire??
Reported on UL9 group he had "nav degredation" what ever that means.
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Re: 787 dumping fuel over Wiltshire??
Best place for it, if you ask me... As for degraded navigation, it's well known that Wiltshire is prone to all sorts of weird phenomena. It's probably a bunch of Druids up to mischief again...
I am not a loony... I used to be, but I think I am better now...
Re: 787 dumping fuel over Wiltshire??
Flankerman wrote:I know why they dump fuel - to get the landing weight down.
Just out of curiosity though - does any of that dumped fuel reach the ground ???
I assume it spreads and disperses - but it can't atomise completely can it ??
It was quite low - and I'd hate to be directly underneath when it was dumping fuel - imagine the stains on your car - or the washing ??
There was quite a lot of it - the 787 described a large circle, very low, dumping all the time I watched it.
Ken
What if you are having a quick fag in the garden.
Robin.
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Re: 787 dumping fuel over Wiltshire??
Boom! It is very hazardous to one's health...
"There's only one way of life, and that's your own"
Re: 787 dumping fuel over Wiltshire??
Struck by lightning apparently
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