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AVIATION SAFETY
AVIATION
THE MIDDLE

OF NOWHERE

happens so quickly that he does not even
have time to call it out.

arkness still shrouds Teeside In any event, the commander has
DAirport, Darlington, UK at 0700 become suddenly very busy trying to

local time on Thursday, 25 November control the aircraft and he instinctively

2004. The sun will not rise for another applies opposite rudder to correct a per-
52 minutes on this cold, misty, winter’s ceived 10 degree yaw to the right.
morning. A Cessna 550 Citation G-FCDB The copilot assesses the yaw to be 30 or

taxies out to runway 23 via taxiway A. 40 degrees right. The commander initially
believes the bump and yaw may be due to
The Citation is bound for Copenha- a tyre failure, an event he has experienced

gen with two pilots and one passenger in the simulator. He closes the thrust
aboard. The airport is not busy, and ATC levers. Using rudder but no braking, the

clears the aircraft for take-off prior to it commander is able to bring the aircraft
reaching the holding point. back to runway heading but the right
The commander, who is pilot-fly- wheel is still off the runway in the grass

ing, carries out a rolling take-off after and the aircraft is again yawing to the

following the taxiway centreline onto right, which now causes the nose wheel to
the runway. As the aircraft accelerates follow the right main into the grass.

Quintin Cairncross through an estimated speed of 70 knots, The commander applies left brake

served as a fighter controller in

PROFLIGHT SERIES 2 the South African Air Force before the crew feels a bump and the aircraft and increases power on the right engine
yaws to the right.
to regain the paved surface to his left.

NEW AVIATION HEADSET South African Airways in 1988, leaving towards the aircraft from the right-hand The Citation responds and gradually
becoming a charter pilot. He joined
The co-pilot has seen a rabbit running

re-enters the runway where it is finally

in 1995 to join Emirates where he rose
to the position of deputy chief flying side and believes the bump is associated stopped. The crew taxi back to the

with striking the unfortunate animal. It
apron and shut down.
Examiner. He then worked briefly as

INTRODUCING PROFLIGHT SERIES 2 Director of Training for Grob Aerospace

before moving to the ExecuJet Aviation SAFETY: BACKGROUND
Engineered by Bose. Group in Zurich, where he was Group Teeside Airport was built as an RAF they could hold without the jet eﬄux
Operations Director. He is now flies

a private business jet in the Middle
Refined by pilots. East and is also a consultant. Quintin bomber base during World War 2. burning up the tar of the taxiway.

The Wellingtons, Halifaxes and

As the pilot of the Citation lined
has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree
(Transport Economics), a Master Lancaster bombers were followed up on runway 23, this dispersal
of Science Degree (Air Transport post-war by Vampire, Javelin, Hunter would have formed a large concrete

With all the features pilots appreciated in the original, the new ProFlight Management) and qualifications in and Lightning fighters. expanse to his right.
Series 2 now offers significant improvements and updates based on pilot Training, CRM, Safety and Quality Audit The main runway is 23/05 and is All other runway markings and
feedback. A new lighter, thinner and more flexible cable and improved 2,291m (7,515’) in length and 46 m lights were ‘standard’. We all know
(150’) wide. (See airport diagrams).
exactly what that should look like
tap control for talk-through communication make ProFlight Series 2 The runway includes a large then - right?
Bose’s lightest and most advanced aviation headset yet. Like the original, concrete dispersal area on the At 0620 local time (LT), Teeside

ProFlight Series 2 is FAA TSO and EASA E/TSO-C139a certified. north-western side of each threshold airport is reporting a surface wind
ASK QUINTIN of the main runway. As a military of 200 degrees (M) at 8 knots, a vis-

Experience the changes for yourself – learn more at Bose-Aviation.eu base, this would be used for aircraft ibility of 6,000 m. Temperature and

waiting to take off in formation and

dewpoint are both 8 degrees. It is still
Remember any for jet aircraft, provided a place that dark, sunrise will only be at 07:52 LT.

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