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Old 9th Mar 2021, 16:02
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Originally Posted by ExSp33db1rd
23L ? April 1974, on the final leg of my check flight to be promoted to Captain, Bahrain to London, I was cleared for a visual approach to runway 05R ! This was not a plot organised by the Training Captain, he was as surprised as I was. Visual Approach in a 707 ? Rwy. 05 R ? Never ever landed on that runway, or anything other than the 10/28's but at least it was daylight.
Didn't the BOAC accident 707 in 1968 (engine fell off) make a tight visual onto 05R ?
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