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Old 15th Oct 2007, 12:34
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ABUKABOY
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Do try and find the videos of the 33 approach at Sumburgh. Did my own stint as F/O and Capt on DC-3's and Viscounts in the 70's up there, and can well attest to the character-building qualities of the lighthouse flyby and split-$%*# turn, levelling the wings just before (Viscount) or at or after (DC-3) touchdown, mostly in low cloud and very uncooperative winds, all before or during the building of the cross-runway.
Another company up there, Air Freight, on oily contracts like us, had one old boy who quite often brought his DC-3 straight in OVER the hill. Now that WAS something to behold! When questioned about this, he explained that he brought his Hudson in like that during WWII, and saw no reason not to do so now. Wonder what the SLF thought!
You've got to have seen this it to appreciate it, eh Rainboe!
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