787 fuel burn

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Re: 787 fuel burn

Postby Knotty » Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:23 pm

Salty wrote:HAH! Yep 200 it was.
Do you lads get on the interphone to check with us or is it the engineers?

Gets so stupid busy up there I never get time to come down do a meet'n greet with the gas dudes.

Thanks for the JUICE!


It's the engineers normally Salty , if there around that is ;) ;)

My mate got the figure off his scanner in the truck , he said by the time the engineers came down he had the 200 ton on ,and they both thought each other had dialled it in ;) ;) it's not unusual to wait for 30 mins or longer for them to come and dial the figure in . You were in good hands ......28 years in the job ,and a private pilot ......flys a Bonanza in his spare time . Loves his aeroplanes , unlike some of our blokes who wouldn't even know they were under an A380 !!! :lol: :lol: it's a bit embarrassing at times !! :( :(
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Re: 787 fuel burn

Postby Nillus » Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:43 pm

Damn...
I'll have to put down the coffee, sandwich, flying magazine AND disconnect from ACAM whilst doing my pre-flight and come see the Fuel Dude next time.
You sit in the truck or up the cherry picker?

Or have a smoke under the wing ?

:)
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Re: 787 fuel burn

Postby Knotty » Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:55 pm

[quote="Salty"]Damn...
I'll have to put down the coffee, sandwich, flying magazine AND disconnect from ACAM whilst doing my pre-flight and come see the Fuel Dude next time.
You sit in the truck or up the cherry picker?

Or have a smoke under the wing ?

:lol: :lol: just make sure you get a guy who knows it's an A380 :lol: :lol: not allowed to sit in the truck while pumping :o and nothing to drive in the wing of a 380 all behind the body gear . That's why we loved the 747 , just me in the deck and the fuel panel throwing switches . :) :) and Ah .......no smoking allowed :o :o
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Re: 787 fuel burn

Postby Nillus » Thu Jun 12, 2014 11:00 am

Hey Knotty...
You don't stay up there after you connex the fuel lines to the wing?
The belly panel must be a Godsend...we can set the panel from up on the flight deck, but REALLY need a hose connex to the wing for it to be successful.
:D
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Re: 787 fuel burn

Postby Knotty » Thu Jun 12, 2014 11:26 am

Salty wrote:Hey Knotty...
You don't stay up there after you connex the fuel lines to the wing?
The belly panel must be a Godsend...we can set the panel from up on the flight deck, but REALLY need a hose connex to the wing for it to be successful.
:D


Back down on the ground Salty . The 380 s are good to fuel ,pretty quick right up till the end .....they only slow down when the trim tank is being topped off . The belly panel is good , the hoses do need to be connected ......there is a green light in the wing fuel panels to indicate that it is on cockpit refuel , and that massive wing is fantastic when it's pissing down rain . :lol: :lol:
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