willedoo Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Airbus A320 landing in Paro, Bhutan: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David C Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 What a great video . A very demanding airport . Thanks for posting . Dave C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Those Airbuses are smart machines... It knows this is a crazy place to land... You can tell because on the first clip it says "Retard, Retard, Retard" to the pilots just before landing!!! lol Great clips. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 It looks like one of the trickier ones for aircraft of that size. Have seen a few clips of Lukla Airport in Nepal, which is pretty bad, but it's only a Twin Otter capable strip. I'd imagine Papua New Guinea would have more than their share of no go around strips to rival ones like Lukla. Cheers, Willie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 What ever happened to the "long final"! I'd call it an on-the-edge-of-your-seat final... that's ****** awesome! Yeah, I agree with the New Guinea suggestion - (where are you, Sixties?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Hi All, A couple of months ago Channel 7 ran a program called Most Extreme Airports, including such airports as Gibraltar, with a road across the runway, St Maartens, St Barths (includes an Aztec running off the end of the runway into sand on the beach), and Lukla in Nepal with a brick wall less than 10 metres from the piano keys at one end and a cliff at the other - truly a one way in/one way out airport, and about a 15 degree slope as well. I recorded the program and can burn a copy to DVD for anyone interested. Overshoot - St Barths Approach to St Barths - note BN Islander level with motor cyclist's helmet. Brick wall at the upper end of runway at Lukla in Nepal. Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 That would certainly be worth watching. There's a lot of footage around of St. Maartens landings, some only a few feet above the fence, quite a mecca for plane spotters. A lot of tourists line up along the fence & try to hold on while they cop the jet blast on take-offs as well. One photo that does the rounds shows a bloke on a motorbike ducking his head as a plane goes over him at St. Barths on the southern approach. Have never been able to figure out if it's a fake or a genuine photo. Cheers, Willie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darren Masters Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Nice pics all I still think our flying the Airbus into Wellington is lots of fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Hi All, A few more photos of some of the extreme airports in the video referred to below. Overview of the ski-jump runway with 18.5% slope at Courchevel: http://www.airliners.net/photo//1661407/&sid=d30287c40120b3c78af980daaa9563da Short final into Lukla (you can see the wall at the far end of the runway and the cliff at the near end); http://www.airliners.net/photo/Yeti-Airlines/De-Havilland-Canada/0197484/L/&sid=8374f383b5c502b7627150d3d3a643c8 A couple of more shots from St Barth's http://www.airliners.net/photo//1860307/&sid=b1040360329371773cabc7e279079e36 http://www.airliners.net/photo/St-Barth-Commuter/Britten-Norman-BN-2-Islander/1662952/&sid=b1040360329371773cabc7e279079e36 http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-Caraibes/Cessna-208B-Grand/1386367/&sid=b1040360329371773cabc7e279079e36 Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 Beech Baron at Courchevel: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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