Thomson Airways Boeing 757-200 | Gatwick to Skiathos | Takeoff and Landing - TOM4558
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- (G-OOBH) 22/05/15 Boeing 757-236, fantastic takeoff from 26L at Gatwick with amazing RB211 engine sound. A flight video including the taxi, takeoff, approach and landing of TOM4558 to Skiathos Airport.
On board one of Thomson Airway's amazing looking Boeing 757's for a 3 hour flight to Skiathos in Greece. A fantastic flight it was indeed, there was quite a few new experiences I faced on this flight besides it being my first time to the wonderful Greek island of Skiathos. We were slightly delayed boarding the aircraft at stand 50 and therefore missed our scheduled landing spot, where the airport only has 2 commercial stands, although they have started to build a new extension to the apron which is visible upon landing into Skiathos. That is due to be completed next year. We were pushed back from stand 50 to 41 which is a remote stand whilst we waited for the slot to become available. The first officer took the departure from London Gatwick and used high bursts of thrust to get us taxiing to the runway. On takeoff we used the highest derate of trust in the 757 (58C) and used a fair amount of runway with awesome RB211 buzzsaw. After departure we maintained the 6000ft transition and began the right hand turn to follow the Dover departure (DVR8M) You can here the auto-throttle constantly outputting different levels of thrust to maintain 250 knots until we were cleared to a higher altitude and the thrust increased to climb power. As we continued to climb you can see Manston Airport which is now disused commercially and for military purposes. It actually has one of the longest runways in the UK!
Our routing took us from the east coast of the UK across to Belgium into Germany. Just South of Frankfurt we made a wide right hand turn which directed us over Austria and then over Venice, Italy. Unfortunately it was very overcast as we entered the Adriatic sea which meant that we could not see Croatia, Albania etc. Our descent began just before Thessaloniki just over Macedonia. Along the way there wasn't really any significant turbulence but every now and then it would get a little bit bumpy. We cruised at 37,000ft before descent which routed us to the Island of Skopelos for the visual approach for runway 02. As he extended the flaps, the gear was extended at 4000ft which is when he also disconnected the autopliot to complete the visual approach. Stunning views of Skiathos and Skiathos Town as we were on finals. A fantastic touchdown into Alexandros Papadiamantis Airport, exactly on the touchdown markers whch allowed us to make a steady deceleration. Before we pulled up on stand we were held to allow the Enter Air to vacate the stand. Overall, a brilliant flight with Thomson, nothing to complain about really and nice legroom, better than expected. Row 7 really gave me a great view of the wing and engine!
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TOM/BY4558
London Gatwick to Skiathos (Alexandros Papadiamantis)
LGW/EGKK - JSI/LGSK
Boeing 757-236(WL)
Seat 7A
2x Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4
Flight time- 3 Hours 10 mins
Departure Time- 1.00PM
Arrival Time- 6.10PM Local time +2hours
Departure Runway- 26L
Arrival Runway- 02
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Thanks very much for watching, I hope to get lots of footage from the threshold of 02 during the week and will have that uploaded eventually.
For some extra pics, please take a look at my social media pages including Instagram (@cavgeek) where you will find pictures of the aircraft from the inside, outside and flightdeck!
Any questions? Please leave a comment and I will reply if necessary.
Thanks for watching! ✈ ✈
Filling the gap between the 747 and 767 by building the 757 turned into the best plane in the world :) for me, I love this plane!
me too
+FlyingMiner I'm guessing you mean 737 and 767? Both the 67 and 47 were larger than the 57. But, I agree. The 757 was, and still is the sports car of commercial airliners. Speedy, beautiful and still going strong!
Yeah that's what I meant! 757 Is an amazing rocket!
That throttle back @ 14:30 was crazy! Sounded like he pulled back to idle mid climb!
Josephious Brosif no kidding eh? i was wondering what he was doing.
Awesome Engine Sound on Takeoff
Oh wow, those RB211s sounding great as always, nice video :-)
what a Lovely sound
+Nordic Aviation Certainly is! :D
This is a nice video! I had the distinct pleasure of flying on this aircraft this past week and it was very enjoyable and awesome! The power this plane has going down that runway during the takeoff run is simply enormous. I certainly hope to fly on this plane many times down the road! I was impressed!
Awesome video mate! Love those engines :-)
Thanks! :D they are awesome aren't they?!
What a video!! Those RB-211s sound amazing, huge like :D
RB211's always sound amazing! Thanks :D
Conor010 Aviation Channel ✈✈ Yup flew this type twice, both five years ago. One was flown by Jet2,the other by Thomas Cook. I flew G-LSAD from EMA (my local airport) to Bodrum, and the TCX one from LGW to YYZ for a Canadian break and my father getting married!
A stunning flight that was. Well done. :-)
Sure was! Thanks! :D
Your welcome, Sir. :-)
Great video. I flew Aberdeen to Palma 3 years ago on 757-200 Thomson but no winglets. Had the retro 1980s TV monitors in the centre of cabin roof!!
Kevin Turner Wow! I'm not too sure about Thomson, but some airlines still operate the 757 with the old monitors! I bet that was an experience, thanks! :D
Brilliant footage - bought back some memories! Nice to see it recorded from the other side!
Mochi Aviation Thanks! I'm sure it did, I bet they were happy memories. It is such a beautiful Island and just happens to have an awesome airport! :D
Great video! I too sat in 7A TOM4558 to Skiathos on 29th May this year.
+Geoff S Haha that's a coincidence! :D
I was on stand 50 on the 7/7/15, 787 dreamliner all the way to montego bay! Amd we disembarked on stand 50 when we got back
Spectacular Video! Love the 757, and with the winglets, they look even more awesome! Certainly looking forward to your videos from LGSK!
TravelTenerife Thanks! The 757 is by far my favorite, it is just outstanding. Those winglets sure do make that little difference but it's great! I will probably start uploading planespotting videos in a couple of weeks :D
Great to hear! Looking forward already ;)
Superb; thanks.
Nice Clouds
Great video
Nicely done! Great takeoff!
***** Thanks :D
Excellent vid...well done sir....
good footage
I went on the exact same plane in the same seat literally a week ago I was flying from Heraklion, Crete to bristol
Hey Conor. Great vid......great info. I liked that pilot. He seemed very professional and informative.......even let you guys know that he'd have to brake pretty hard on landing.....cool. Hope you have a great week!.....oh, and try to actually leave the threshold of 02 at least once in a while.....haha. ;) Looking forward to your plane spotting vid from Skiathos. :)
Thanks mate! :D he really was generally nice and most importantly, he loved the aircraft he flies! The first officer transferred from the 737 to the 757 and said that it was the best decision, he absolutely loves it! The first time he's ever flown into Skiathos as well so we were both new to the island. The captain took the landing so well that the braking wasn't as expected at all! A really enjoyable flight, thanks :D and btw I haven't actually filmed anything yet at 02 lol but it's Thomson day tomorrow so I'll be straight there in the morning until night!
Conor010 Aviation Channel ✈✈ Cool stuff. I really like that you try to talk to the pilots whenever you fly. And, yeah, it appeared to me that he did indeed do a great job on that landing. Have fun, man! :)
Beautyfull long video! Skiathos is the europe Sint Maarten airport :P
NL Aviation It certainly is! thanks a lot :D
WHAT AN AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGG VIDEO GREATTTTTTT
+MsAbigail1986 Thaaaankssss! :D
I love this pilot, using Zulu times and making ATC calls known to passengers, GET THEM INVOLVED. TAKE NOTES
amazing!
George Golding Thanks! :D
49:01 look at those buildings
14:34 Thrust was Reduced to Climb Thrust Sounds like
Nice video! I'm going to Kefalonia with Thomson in August on BY4218, I'm sure hoping its a 757!
If you log on and go to select your seats, it will give you the map of the aircraft, the 757's have 41 rows :D
Thanks! Will definitely get one in front of the wing!
Awesome video. Great footage and sound. Good flight?
AviationEagle32 Thanks man! Yeah, it was a brilliant flight thanks for asking :D
49:19 Firm Landing the Runway at Skiathos is just 1.600m/4.450ft The 757 is the largest Aircraft able to fly There.
nice!
you landed in skiathos which is Europe's version of St marteen cool!
+Traindude1234 Shields You're right! Thanks :D
Hello Wore you allowed to use small personal music players With headphones (flight safe mode on) During taxi take off and landing ???
Have they stopped the saftey video? Like do they only have a demo now? When I went in 2013 they still had it, going to zante this year from bristol on a 752 cant wait!
heyJOE I think they have to be honest, it's not very often you see it anymore. That will be brilliant! Have fun :D
Thank you, I hope to record the flight!
Last time I flew into Skiathos the coach drivers were on strike due to petrol price going up to 50 cents/litre.
Why were the spoilers raised at 9:10?
I'm going with thomsons to get to gran caneria I may go on a 757 if I do do you feel the takeoff much on these I've never been a big fan of takeoff I just like the noise
+Traindude1234 Shields You don't "feel" it on a 757 anymore than any other aircraft. You just get an awesome sound from the engines on this aircraft that you don't seem to get on newer jets.
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what happened at 14:30?? why did the captain pull the throttle down and suddenly push it back up again??
ThomsonAirways 757 It's an altitude restriction when departing Gatwick to the North then East. Prevents conflicting traffic with Heathrow and that.
oh ok thx for letting me know :)
Didn't need to fly the dreaded NDB/ Locator approach then!
+Jamie Slaney I am not sure if they used NDB, to be honest, it's pretty useless anyway but on a good day with good visibility I don't see why they should need to use it. Nothing like a bit of hand-flying after all :D
+Conor010 Aviation Channel ✈✈ true :-) guess they would have done the procedure up to seeing the runway then fly visually from probably downwind :-) great video though
4:13 was that the special easyJet Unicef livery??
I have seen that at Inverness airport many times..lol I didn't think it was rare but I guess I am lucky XD
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what kind of food is there on a 757
+Jay Trammell Like any other airplane food.
+BLXDK this is my first time riding Delta and a 757 and 777 from Orlando to Singapore i didn't know that it can have real food on a airplane (This is my first time riding a airplane)
Oh, let me explain it for you. (:
You usually get a brick with some fruit salad, a dessert (often some sort of chocolate cake) , and the main course. For kids, we usually get like meatballs or pasta or something. Adults get more like grilled chicken in sauce and so on. Sometimes u get a juice with it.
Have a nice flight (;
+BLXDK thanks im leaving next monday
Awesome! Fly safe!