Goboeing From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 2630 posts, RR: 12 Reply 1, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 5851 times:
Whoa! That's incredible! That looks like about a 50 foot drop!
L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29350 posts, RR: 62 Reply 6, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 5629 times:
I like that....I really really do.
That is really flying, not the cheesy stuff guys taking 777 or 340's across the pond do...
You do realize the computer is actually flying those airplanes
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IMissPiedmont From United States of America, joined May 2001, 6203 posts, RR: 43 Reply 8, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 5566 times:
That is beyond words. I've seen a few good ones in southeast Asia and New Guinea but I don't remember them being that extreme.
So nice to see a new type of post here.
What is it with all the "is there a possibilty airline X will.." threads? The answer it'll is possible.
L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29350 posts, RR: 62 Reply 10, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 5459 times:
How did you know I had a copy of Air America.
Actually about 5 years ago there was a great National Geographic about bush families in Alaska and they had footage of a mail plan (Cessna 185) dropping in at one of the homesteads.
He use one bank of the river to touch down, ran through the river to the other side and then rolled out on the other bank.
It was pretty impressive.
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Serge From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 1989 posts, RR: 3 Reply 11, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 5290 times:
Very cool pic! Reminds me of the time I went to Alaska with my father a few years back- there were bush planes everywhere!
When I took PPL ground school we watched a video on some of the guys that fly for hire in the middle of no where in Alaska. Truly stunning what some of them can do with a Piper Cub on top of a glacier/mountain/etc.. They basically can land anywhere...
SIN747 From Singapore, joined Aug 2003, 59 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 4890 times:
I remember going to Lukla about 15 years ago and that runway wasn't paved, it was just dirt and rocks. These pictures don't do justice to the fact that there is one way in, and one way out(big mountain at the "top" end of the runway). To add flavor, there was also the wreckage of a small aicraft sitting next to the runway.
RayChuang From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 7695 posts, RR: 5 Reply 16, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 4737 times:
Yikes.
I think that runway is more suited for something that can take off and land really slow like the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver. Even a Cessna 152 is just a tad too fast for that "runway" (if that's the right term to use ).
US A333 PIT From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 310 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 4693 times:
Lukla reallly is an incredible airport. I think you have to dive before you can start to climb.
Mozart From Luxembourg, joined Aug 2003, 2014 posts, RR: 14 Reply 18, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 4674 times:
I don't have a picture of it, but Barra in Scotland is quite extreme, in a different way: landing on the beach!! Barra actually has schedules flights, and the BA timetable at one time stated "schedules subject to tides".
Jgph1a From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 20, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 4455 times:
Kulusuk, Greenland - can't be more than 1200m long (I'm guessing, but it was EXTREMELY short), frozen mud and gravel between 10 foot high snowbanks, with a 3000 ft mountain only about half a km due south - no navaids, no nuffin - pilot has to circle overhead to make sure he can see the runway before spiralling in to land - woooohoooo !
UBBA Pilot From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 48 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (9 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 4163 times:
Let us not forget TGU. It sounds similar to Lukla except that it lies at the end of a "U" shaped valley. You have to approach the airport from the North, enter a left downwind and land heading North, because a Go-Around would most likely be unsuccessful with the mountain looming straight ahead.
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25 IMissPiedmont: An uphill landing on the runway above would be the only possibility. The touchdown point would be where the Cessna is in the picture, with full power
26 L-188: I think that is a 206 Could be any member of that family 205, 206, 207 or 210. But it is definately not a 208 But 206's are about the only ones that y
27 IMissPiedmont: But I never said it was a 208. It is a 206, 207 or 210 indeed. My point was that even a Caravan would be hard pressed to taxi up that hill. I'll bet o
28 L-188: I would put my money on a 206. They are more common then 207's and I don't recall ever seeing a belly pod on a 207. They are common on 206's. You are
30 Tekelberry: All I can think of from that first picture is, "Wheeeeee.........".
31 IMissPiedmont: Well I am hardly an expert on the larger Cessna pistons 188, I will defer to you on that. I really cannot tell a 206 from a 207 without reference to a
32 L-188: You really can't from a front view. A side view, the extra length is obvious. What sells me that is a 206 is the belly pod. The more I think of it, th
34 Scottb: Not sloped like some of the others, but *quite* extreme being that the runway is only 1300 feet long and ends in cliffs at both ends: View Large View
35 IMissPiedmont: And another deference to you 188. I live in Arizona where 206s and 207s are rare as hens teeth. I see one maybe twice per year. That being said, I am
36 Mozart: Someone got a pix from Skiathos in greece? I heard it's quite extreme, too.
37 Lionel: What about St. Barthelemy? Landing down a hill is crazy! The plane on the pic is taxing back. So it landed from the other side! View Large View Medium
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