Do you have the field description handy? I'd like to refresh my memory on
that one.
>
>> That's nothing. In the inflight guide for Alaska there are a
>>couple of airfields along the panhandle that are gravel in box canyons.
>>You land going into the canyon and leave going out of the canyon.
>>There are bold warnings that read something like "The probability of a
>>successful missed approach is unlikely".
>>
>> There was an Alaskan ANG C-130E that made a missed approach in
>>one of these. They missed the lip of the box canyon wall by about 20
>>feet. Nobody survived.
>
>
>Ah, yes. The infamous Sparrevohn LRRS. Upslope on the runway is almost
>5 degrees.
>
Chris
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