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FlyMD
25th April 2003, 20:55
Hello Gents,
Never been to Nepal, going there next week to stay 9 days. Anybody has any experience with Kathmandu at all? Airport, approach, handling, fuel, hotels, bars, whatever...
Your contribution is appreciated....
(Before you ask: yes, we have done the required sim training for Kathmandu already...)
Tks
Seaeagle109
25th April 2003, 22:37
FlyMD,
Check you private messages
Seaeagle109
Lavdumperer
26th April 2003, 13:29
Sounds great. What type aircraft will you fly in there? Do you fly to a lot of hot-and-high destinations?
Have fun.
FlyMD
26th April 2003, 16:27
We'll be going there in a G5....
Actually, Kathamndu is only just above 4000' ft in elevation, but it's the whopping hills around it that make the challenge... so the MISAP procedure 1-enginge needs to be flown just so..
Chimbu chuckles
27th April 2003, 08:30
FlyMD
It's a fun approach. I used to operate a Falcon 200 in there regularly...probably 6 times a year. We never had a sim to practise in unfortunately.
For those who hae neer seen the IAL plates for VNKT
VNKT 02 VOR/DME (http://www.fototime.com/{95E966F1-9B70-43CD-B3D7-B3190144BD7D}/picture.JPG)
VNKT TAC Chart (http://www.fototime.com/{0584E91D-3EFB-48E4-A5A9-82F39444C69A}/picture.JPG)
Sorry about the scaling on the scans..they take a while to download...but that's life:ugh:
Very steep approach and the ATCOs, more often than not, hold you high before clearing you or the approach so configure early.
Chuck