Apparnetly you need to really hit the numbers with something bigger than a
172, or you won't get stopped. The bank on the base leg is dramatic.
Bill pearce
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From: Ken Norton [mailto:ken@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 10:56 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] photo from Michael Wong in Hong Kong
> Last May, I went to honduras, where we landed at the tegucigalpa
> airport, which I later found out is considered by many to be the
> world's most dangerous airport. It is in a sort of bowl, with
> mountains on all sides. The single runway is paralleled by a city
> street and apartments. The largest that can land and take off there is
> the 757. There was an interesting DC3 along the runway that appears to be
undergoing restoration.
Micros*ft Flight Simulator has that airport and surrounding mountains pretty
well mapped. The only thing not up to snuff is the nasty turbulance and
downdrafts. I've "flown" that approach more than a few times (it's one of my
usual challenges) and more times than not I'm either slamming the plane onto
the runway or going off the end. When it gets where I can land anything in
there three times in a row I set up a 20 knot crosswind... It gets humbling
in a hurry.
Of course, one of the fun challenges is taking off from Leadville in a
Cessna 172 at gross in 100 degree temps. :) Yeah, that ridge gets pretty
scary.
AG
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