RAF Northolt

[Giantt]

Driving along the road works into London today,for want of better description,Lear jet style plane came in to land,bit of a suprise in last three years driving along there never seen one come in,seemed awfully low approach over road?

[Dr G]

I used to live underneath the approach not very far away, and yes, they often look low!

The short runway, low-approach was exaggerated heavily with Typhoons stationed there for 2012 olympics:

[Simpo Two]

Dr G said:

Copper is saying 'Left tyre has less than 1.7mm of tread...'

[djc206]

Giantt said:

Driving along the road works into London today,for want of better description,Lear jet style plane came in to land,bit of a suprise in last three years driving along there never seen one come in,seemed awfully low approach over road?

They normally have a handful of bizjet movements per day. Just lucky timing I guess.

[eccles]

If you read Private Eye you'll see there's been plenty of fuss from the locals about the number of civil/biz jet movements at Northolt.
There was only meant to be a few, but the numbers have increased a lot in recent years.

[numtumfutunch]

I drive past now and again and have only ever seen an Apache and a Globemaster on final approach after many years

Either of which would have been a once in a lifetime thing..............

Cheers

[andy97]

eccles said:

If you read Private Eye you'll see there's been plenty of fuss from the locals about the number of civil/biz jet movements at Northolt.
There was only meant to be a few, but the numbers have increased a lot in recent years.

Makes money for the MoD

[IanH755]

andy97 said:

eccles said:

If you read Private Eye you'll see there's been plenty of fuss from the locals about the number of civil/biz jet movements at Northolt.
There was only meant to be a few, but the numbers have increased a lot in recent years.

Makes money for the MoD

RAF Leuchars near Edinburgh/St Andrews does/did the same for civvy jets through-out the year too, mostly around Golf tournaments, and again the MOD makes money from it so it's a "win/win" as far as the MOD are concerned.

[Crumpet]

andy97 said:

eccles said:

If you read Private Eye you'll see there's been plenty of fuss from the locals about the number of civil/biz jet movements at Northolt.
There was only meant to be a few, but the numbers have increased a lot in recent years.

Makes money for the MoD

Landing and handling fees are eye-wateringly expensive! Think my last was about £6k+ for a quick turnaround so it’s definitely a money maker.

[djc206]

Crumpet said:

Landing and handling fees are eye-wateringly expensive! Think my last was about £6k+ for a quick turnaround so it’s definitely a money maker.

Ouch, how much would they have been at Farnborough for example?

[Crumpet]

djc206 said:

Ouch, how much would they have been at Farnborough for example?

Ooh, I haven’t actually seen the bills at Farnborough as it’s all on account for us so nothing to pay. But I believe it’s about a third of the price. Northolt has you digging out the credit card. It’s all very expensive!

[fatboy b]

Simpo Two said:

Dr G said:

Copper is saying 'Left tyre has less than 1.7mm of tread...'

Still legal then

[aeropilot]

eccles said:

If you read Private Eye you'll see there's been plenty of fuss from the locals about the number of civil/biz jet movements at Northolt.

And there's still less movements than there was back in the 60's thru 80's and even later.....when I lived nearby.....and the bizz jets are not exactly loud either, unlike some of the stuff I remember from days past. Happy days.