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Old 8th Nov 2021, 10:14
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Pilot DAR
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Having done some searching on Google Earth, I think I have found the view of final approach there (19 44' 18.92"S 42 06'39.42"W - looking north). I accept that the wires in the video capture are not visible on Google Earth, but the image I see there looks a little more hospitable than the video image capture. I think that the videographer has used a very telephoto lens, which has the effect of compressing the apparent view, making it look more dramatic. I'd feel challenged approaching the runway imaged above in anything other than a good STOL plane, but the Google Earth view looks less alarming.

But, Google Earth shows it's a challenging runway by normal standards. and perhaps the King Air pilot just got going too slow on approach....
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