1979 Sheltie Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 TESCO has hired a Hercules freight plane to help restocking empty shelves in its Lerwick super store. Never knew sumburgh could take planes that big ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fionajohn Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 a quick look said the plane the plane landed on an aircraft carrier 330msumburgh runways are around 500 and 700m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Never mind Tesco, why not fly some of the hundreds of stranded Shetlanders home!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheltie68 Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 I didn't know a plane so big could land at Sumburgh either - but I found this photo in archives site. http://photos.shetland-museum.org.uk/index.php?a=indexes&s=item&key=IYToxOntpOjA7czo3OiJCYWluLCBNIjt9&pg=17 Will take the kids down for a look - good excuse to see it myself too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Do you think the storm 9 winds forecast would be an issue for such a big plane?. I ken the peerie Flybe eens cope braaly good but it's a big aircraft on a narrow runway. And so the publicity begins!. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-20820222 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 A 737 can use Sumburgh. Hercules are common, they used them to ferry food during the dockers or seamen's strike in Aug '73, and Danish Air Force ones are common using it as a diversion when Faroe has had to be closed due to weather after the flight is airborne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Do you think the storm 9 winds forecast would be an issue for such a big plane?. I ken the peerie Flybe eens cope braaly good but it's a big aircraft on a narrow runway.If, as looks likely, the wind is blowing along the extended coast to coast runway she should be able to land with ease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Do you think the storm 9 winds forecast would be an issue for such a big plane?. I wouldn't have thought so, they're not easily knocked around, plus the slipstream from those four props when they open them up would knock the stuffing out of any Force 9 like blowing out a match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esseff Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Herks can land on half a postage stamp.http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CEgQtwIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHiyNx0KoU0c&ei=Qr7UULH1HczK0AXD04GQDw&usg=AFQjCNHdCEMPv9mH-bFAejzSX3te0YlvbQ&sig2=iH-W9N6Gzm_bYPEha3Eihg&cad=rja Sumburgh would be like a Space Shuttle landing strip to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabbit Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Here's a Danish Air Force one from early this year.. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/6851460581_c5310aa279_z.jpgRoyal Danish Air Force C130J, Sumburgh by Crieffy., on Flickr Might have to drag my man-flu ridden body out with the camera tomorrow or Sunday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waarigeo Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Bring back da Nort boats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Hope the six pallets will be enough. Though they may be a little larger than your "standard" pallets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grift Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 There's plenty of stock in the two local shops I've been in today, but I've heard several reports of panic buying in Tesco. I suppose it shows how reliant some folk have become on Tesco. Maybe it's a sign of the times, but I've always thought being cut off from the mainland for a few days in winter was one of the 'charms' of living in Shetland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 We were told when we were young about folk being cut off for more than a few days and always having enough to keep them going. I even heard of one tale of an elderly woman burning furniture to stay warm.Odd how in 100 years, folk have gone from hardy and trusted workers (whaling + fishing) to folk who cannot keep a bit by for when the weather closes in. Ah weel.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trowmusic Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Buy local! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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