Day Out at the Aiport
Today I went out to KLAS, for a little plane spotting. We were listening to the Tower, when I heard this:
Tower: Allegiant 962, I see smoke from your tires, do you need assistence?
Allegiant 962: We will park on the holding pad, please send the trucks.
Tower: Fire crew is on it's way.
Last transmission heard. There was smoke but no fire. The a/c taxied to the gate and everyone was all right. Wish i had my camera.
-Have any of you ever been on a plane when something like this has happened? Glad I haven't. Yet.
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I'm guessing that the brakes might of caught fire. Which can then possibly spread to the tires.
I've had this happen more then once while racing my own car, well not the tires starting on fire but my brakes have been flaming. 🙂
Man you were lucky to hear a transmission like that, I always listen to my scanner but never hear any real emergencies 😉
can someone tell me more about these scanners? where do you get them, how much do they cost, and on what range can you use them? I live like 7-8 kilometers from the airport
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An airband scanner is a piece of equipment that allows you to recieve real world live ATC transmissions between pilots and controllers. There are many models out there, I have the PSR-282 which i'd recommend although its quite bulky. In terms of range, mine can seem to pick up the transmissions of aircraft from up to 200 miles around, i.e. I hear aircraft descending into London from my location but I live in a quite low lying region. As for hearing controllers, mine struggles unless the station is within 10 miles, this can increase if the weather's really nice. I'd certainly recommend you buying one, I got mine for £90.
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😉 😀 😉
if you don't want the bulk fo stationary scanners, you can get a handheld scanner. they however don't have a far range, but the airport i listen to is 100 yards from my house 😀 . handhelds are much cheaper, but are really only good for people when they are next to the airport watching planes or if you live close to an airport. if you want, you can buy an outdoor antenna so you can listen to a further range. just be careful with it near power lines
I should have added that I was not using a scanner. You can listen to KLAS tower on your radio, but you haft to be parked over by the touchdown zone of rwy 25L. Wish I had a scanner though.
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I should have added that I was not using a scanner. You can listen to KLAS tower on your radio, but you haft to be parked over by the touchdown zone of rwy 25L. Wish I had a scanner though.
Yeah they have that same feature here at KMKE. I have also used a scanner before.
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