Originally Posted by
Flingwing47
Nalca, approx 150nm SSW of Sentani
Earthquake relief flights 1976 - all the gardens slid away from the mountain spine and twice a day for 6 months we were bringing in 1300kg of cans of fish, rice and utensils for cooking to Nalca and another dozen strips .
Nomad N22B
6700 amsl
350m long
10m wide
1st 100m 10% slope
2nd 100m 18%
3rd 100m 15%
last 50m 24% - 3 point turn at the top
Authorized to use it by DCA and Indonesian Dept of Transport - and the insurance company (thanks Mike).
Oh and locals were cannibals - bad weathers stopped flights for a week and the population decreased :/
Our engineer, the great Mike Egan (RIP) who was rather chubby, came for a ride one day. When he got out all the kids went crazy - they'd not seen a chap of his stature before. When he asked what they were saying I told him they reckoned he'd be good to eat !
I'd never seen him move so fast before - in one second he jumped back in and closed the door !
https://studentpilotnews.com/2017/08...ing-indonesia/
looks like they may have improved it a bit since your time, still looks steep enough. In the video you only get a sense of how steep it is once you’re seeing the angle of the houses.