Today I had the honour to be on board of the test flight of KLM's PH-BQD. It was a great experience that I'll never forgot!
Hereby some pics taken during the flight. Tips and trics for taking pictures through the windows are wellcome.
1. Taxiing to RWY 18L for the start of the flight.
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take-off movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yswrPtMgNf8
2. Buisy apron at H11.
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3. After arriving above the Northsea the testcrew started with some flap/slats testing.
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4. Fuel jettison testing.
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5. Lots of fuel went overboard.
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Fuel jettison movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E6dup0JrOI
6. An empty cabin for once.
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7. A cabin pressurization test is performed here. Resulting in falling oxygen masks. The redclips prevent complete opening of the PSU panels and thereby lots of folding work.
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8.
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9. Some of the clips where removed to assure that the system is working properly.
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10. In the descent to Eelde airport for a missed approach with landing gear extend in the altenate mode (gravity does the work). City of Groningen can be seen in the background.
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11. Airport Eelde with it's local spotters.
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12. The patern of the last hour. Now heading for Schiphol.
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13. TT assen.
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14. Landing on 18C so unfortunately backlit in the cockpit.
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15. Also the RAT (RamAirTurbine) was deployed during the flight.
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I hope you enjoyed.
If by accident one of the photographers in Groningen can send a picture of the missed approach to my PM I would be very grateful for that!
Enjoy the weekend!!
GrtZ Chris.