AA254 Heavy is going around at 11:50 KLAX 11/30! and Funny ATC Whistling .

[speedotann]

I caught this last night. AA 254 (757) from OGG goes around at LAX at 11:50ish of this MP3. You can also hear atc whistling Pirates of the Caribbean in the background.  Made me laugh after a long day of teaching!!
Sorry about the length, but I am still trying to figure out how to use the Audacity thing to shorten the clips.
Thanks

[jpgroux]

jajajajajaj.... Nice...
Thank You....

[speedotann]

Hear the Pirates tune at the beginning? The tune switches around throughout the MP3!! LoL

Thanks

[jonnevin]

why is a 757-200 from AA using the "heavy" designator? i thought only the -300s and some very rare variants (ATA, etc) had "heavy" 75's.   

255,000 MGTOW

[Jason]

why is a 757-200 from AA using the "heavy" designator? i thought only the -300s and some very rare variants (ATA, etc) had "heavy" 75's.   

255,000 MGTOW

A lot of facilities have issued directives that require controllers to treat any B757 as heavy. Such is the case at Boston, Los Angeles, and many others.

Best,
Jason

[jonnevin]

yeah, i have heard that many facilities "treat" the 757s as heavies in terms of spacing, but I was not aware of them actually being given the heavy callsign. If you look for instance at the other 757s going into LAX, none of the other ones have the H in the equipment like the one on this go around did (via flightaware)

[djmodifyd]

some 752's are heavy's

[dylanh]

Must'a had the family at Disneyland the day before!

[noeflys84]

Some of the B752's are heavy's because they added wingtips and extra fuel tanks in the back .  This caused the weight to be over 255,000 lbs.

[aviator_06]

The Biggest Loser contestants were on this flight putting the aircraft over 255,000 lbs that's why "Heavy" was attached to the callsign.   

[speedotann]

I was on a 737 a few weeks ago and it should of been called heavy.... The most fat people I gad ever seen!!

[Pilot3033]

The Biggest Loser contestants were on this flight putting the aircraft over 255,000 lbs that's why "Heavy" was attached to the callsign.   

I know you and the other guy are kidding, but the distinction is MGTOW (Max Gross Take-Off Weight), not the actual weight of the aircraft at any given moment. If the plane CAN weigh more than 255k then it's "heavy," if it can not, then it is not called "heavy."

As mentioned, some facilities treat 757's as a heavy, as opposed to the next distinction down, in order to provide adequate spacing due to the unique and extreme wake turbulence it causes.

[joeyb747]

Right on the money Pilot3033.

[speedotann]

I know it is 255,000. I heard on Lax freq them calling some 757's heavy, usually the 300's from continental and northwest. 50% of the time they call the 200's heavy. It sounds like they are getting use to the change.

[ARMEDnPISSED]

...I didn't hear anything out of the ordinary...