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Old 5th Aug 2020, 19:07
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Two things that not uncommonly kill at black hole airfields.

1 undershooting on final into the ground. Not as common but doable as that famous photo of the 4 engined jet in a lake in Africa showed. Mitigated well with GPS these days. Either RNAV or home frown (VMC) profile from runway threshold.

2. The other one which is harder to mitigate is the somatogravic illusion on departure. Two incidents I can think of - YBTI and YBRM in the recent years, as well as the KingAir mentioned by Centaurus in a recent thread. Much harder to eliminate with airport lighting as you are flying away from the aerodrome when the illusion hits, with nose high. You’d need a wide expanse of lighting 5nm+ away from every DER to make it work. Clearly not something that is practical.

oh, and not much need for red for night vision preservation when 99% of aircraft flying at night have a GPS that is not night vision compatible. Or an EFIS. They ruin any adaptation immediately.
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