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Old 1st Jul 2009, 13:05
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ForkTailedDrKiller
 
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I have flown into a number of ALA's at night with a double or single row kero flare path - including the one on the video in the "Photos" thread. Everyone I knew well in broad daylight, and I suspect the RFDS mostly do as well. One would think they have collected their own data on strips given all the years that they have been doing it.

The biggest danger in my opinion is flying into the ground short of the strip - particularly if the strip has any slope to it.

A tight circuit, moderately steep final approach and an aiming point some way down the strip is the go!

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