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Old 12th Nov 2011, 22:16
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Wally Mk2
 
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A professional pilot would ALWAYS consider an intersecting rwy layout a SINGLE rwy AD especially out in the Pacific Ocean, that's what being a Capt is all about. Every time I went into any Pacific Is AD especially at night (due rwy lighting considerations) I had a plan B.

One day sometime ago now I was sitting at the gate of a Nth Qld AD on a nice sunny day after having landed a few mins earlier & watched a lighty from outside my cockpit window slide on in on the smaller crossing rwy only to do a bit of 4x4 work before coming to rest with the prop dug into the grass just a few mtrs from the gable markers of the main rwy, that's exactly the situation that could happen anywhere at any time so one should never rely on an AD with intersecting rwy's as being suitable.


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