Sunday, November 18, 2007

observationflight #02: LTBA

destination: LTBA, Istanbul Ataturk, Turkey
date: 17/11/2007
type of aircraft & registration: Airbus A320-200, OO-TCK

same procedure as my previous flight: arrive nicely on time (2h before schedulded departure), review the flight plan and other documents (load sheet, weather docs, ...) and of course, greet the flight attendants, captain and first officer :-).

Stefaan, the captain and Christ'l, the first officer, were both very good pilots ! They explained me a lot about the FMC, the differences between a boeing 737 and an Airbus A320, the fuel calculations, ... .

Departure was from RWY 25R, with the SOPOK SID (standard instrumental departure), ILS landing on RWY 06 at LTBA. Afterwards departure on 36R and finally a STAR (standard arrival) via FLORA on RWY25L.

and now the most interesting part: the pics :-) enjoy !