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Post by agoodcuppa on Nov 25, 2006 14:19:30 GMT
some footage of low flying seen mostly from the cockpit. www.glumbert.com/media/flylowThis is a large file, if you're on dial up it'll take quite a while to download. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2006 14:31:00 GMT
Thats a 'cockpit ride' with a difference! Like the music too...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2006 14:45:14 GMT
That's fantastic. Like ATO, I think the music is great as well.
Thanks for posting the link.
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Post by Colin on Nov 25, 2006 14:52:35 GMT
What a job!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2006 15:14:49 GMT
Without looking is that St Maarten in the Caribbean?
I know on that beach the planes pass over sunbathers too close for comfort, as the runway is just behind the beach.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2006 15:15:47 GMT
Without looking is that St Maarten in the Caribbean? I know on that beach the planes pass over sunbathers too close for comfort, as the runway is just behind the beach. Looks like I was wrong go to www.airliners.net and search for St Maarten, it's quite shocking how low they go! |
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Post by Colin on Nov 25, 2006 15:35:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2006 17:11:33 GMT
For some reason, I'm drawn to the fact that the middle piccy [Air France] looks like a C&P job, just doesn't look right...
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Post by Colin on Nov 25, 2006 17:20:37 GMT
There was about 20 pages on the link that Luke gave, I merely picked out the three that looked worse - but I have to say, having looked at many of those images, those planes are very........very close to the beech.
In fact a further look revealed that at the other end of the runway is another stretch of water - it's almost like the London City Airport, very little room for error.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2006 17:27:29 GMT
Well, in Rhodes [Greek Island] the 'landing' runway is very very short, all planes bank round sharply, if coming from Gatwick, you fly in along the north -east coastline, passing over Rodos Old town, before banking round sharply 180o turn, and plummeting very fast, it's then on with the anchors into reverse thrust and you literally have to brace yourself... too far and at the end of the runway is the storm water fall off from the hills, which flows all year round anyway...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2006 18:35:41 GMT
The beach at TNCM (St Maarten Intl) is closed now, due to several incidences of people being blown over by pilots who've gunned it a bit too soon on the runway...
And my favourite approach is the now closed Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong. From the approach heading there is an 180 degree turn that has two paths depending on what speed you are doing (180+ and -180 knots IIRC), and then you're on an ILS beam down to the infamous checkerboard. After riding the ILS for a few minutes, you disengage it and kick your aircraft round a sharp 90 degree right hand turn and literally drop down onto the runway.
Great fun in a 747!
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Post by chris on Nov 25, 2006 19:22:09 GMT
Should you ever fly into Nice you'll be sure you're about to land in the sea! Reach for those lifejackets!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2006 19:47:51 GMT
Coming in to land at Lisbon from Heathrow in a TAP 737 is pretty good - you can almost see what people are doing inside their houses as the plane banks round onto the runway. Great fun!
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Post by ttran on Nov 27, 2006 11:16:02 GMT
Nice vid there, good thing those jets have got ejector seats!
Anyway ya don't need a big'n to have fun.
Try doing a simulated engine failure after takeoff in a little Cessna 152. Only 200ft in the air and yoink the nose down at the ground, then a few Gs later full power and raise the nose again. All in a day's work...
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Post by Oracle on Nov 27, 2006 18:22:23 GMT
My CFI at Bournemouth Flying Club [Chief Flying Instructor] landed a Cessna 172 on Bournemouth beach...turns out a spark plug had fouled.
My late father-in-law was flying a RAF Chipmunk in 1969 out of Hamble, when over the Isle of Wight doing aerobatics, a lock pin fell out on the carb. Result? No go! He had an ATC cadet in the front but decided they shouldn't bail out, and saw a small field so he thought he would go for it. It turned out that it was a County Fairground, and a postage-stamp sized field. He landed his 'plane and saved himself and the young lad, and was awarded a Green Endorsement to his Flying Log. He thought he was going to get a medal! They had to dismantle plane and road it back!
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Post by tubeprune on Nov 27, 2006 22:00:12 GMT
The beach at TNCM (St Maarten Intl) is closed now, due to several incidences of people being blown over by pilots who've gunned it a bit too soon on the runway... And my favourite approach is the now closed Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong. From the approach heading there is an 180 degree turn that has two paths depending on what speed you are doing (180+ and -180 knots IIRC), and then you're on an ILS beam down to the infamous checkerboard. I used Kai Tak regularly when I lived in HK. I once did a landing in the jump seat. Wonderful. From the ground, you got a good view from Kowloon Tong KCRC station platform. It was actually quite exciting to take off that way too. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2006 21:10:59 GMT
Would you be interested in a chart showing the approach?
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