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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Good job the ground was frozen or those wheels would be a lot deeper in the mud.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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More pictures on Inverness airports Twitter account.
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I was looking at a ski holiday this weekend leaving from Inverness, maybe bump that one down the queue of possibilities a bit!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Ooops!
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Slick serfice ? 
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| Mike-H wrote: |
| Good job the ground was frozen or those wheels would be a lot deeper in the mud. |
OTOH if the ground had not been frozen there probably would not have been ice on the runway, and the aircraft would not have skidded from it. In my Air Force days we aimed to leave the runway ice free. I wonder what current civilian practice calls for.
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That must've been scary. I used to like watching the plane shows 'Airport' or Airline - you know the ones. They always were talking about the runway being kept cleared as the most important thing - when it snowed. I imagine they must have to keep it ice free?
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Inverness Airport are saying that the surfaces had been treated and other aircraft had used this taxiway. They are not speculating as to the cause of the incident. Either they found a bit that had been missed or there is more to this than meets the eye.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Look at those propellers! I didn't realise they still made planes looking like that...! Reminds me of an episode of the Raggy Dolls...
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| chocksaway wrote: |
| Inverness Airport are saying that the surfaces had been treated and other aircraft had used this taxiway. They are not speculating as to the cause of the incident. Either they found a bit that had been missed or there is more to this than meets the eye. |
Let's turn this in to a PPRuNe thread and speculate wildly. 
I'll go first: nosewheel steering failure.
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You know it makes sense.
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| JanieS wrote: |
| Look at those propellers! I didn't realise they still made planes looking like that...! Reminds me of an episode of the Raggy Dolls... |
Plenty of short haul aircraft being made with propellers, as turboprops are more fuel efficient than turbofan (jet) aircraft.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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The lemon is in play.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Don't think you can get winter tyres for a Dash 8 Q400....
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| JanieS wrote: |
| Look at those propellers! I didn't realise they still made planes looking like that...! Reminds me of an episode of the Raggy Dolls... |
That's a Dash 8, isn't it? Swiss has a few in their fleet for inter-city flights. Great planes, if a little noisy. Recommend earplugs.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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2planks, crossed posts.
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I remember using the piste just below the altiport in Courch when one of those (or something very similar) was coming in to land. I didn't notice it until it was just a few feet above my head. Geez, that scared the living daylights out of me!
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A Dash-7 apparently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courchevel_Altiport
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Winter tyres a must for aeroplanes methinks (or at least M&S rated).
Glad they're all ok.
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@Gaza, Aliens took over the controls from Seat1A using an iPad!
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On typical PPrune:-
Should have been diverted to RAF Kinloss
Oh my mistake - can't do that anymore now that it's Kinloss Barracks! 
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| altis wrote: |
| The lemon is in play. |
only if Simon says . . .
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Perhaps the pilot sneezed on landing.
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Ice + Runway = Skidmarks I reckon.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| JanieS wrote: |
| Look at those propellers! I didn't realise they still made planes looking like that...! Reminds me of an episode of the Raggy Dolls... |
They are absolutely horrible to fly in.You feel very aware you are so high up as it bounces and swerves all over the place.
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