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Old 13th Apr 2013, 18:45
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smujsmith
 
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I was a GE on a Herk flight from Akrotiri to Leeming (bringing some Tornado Ground Equipment and ground crew back home), the approach into Leeming was through quite dense cloud and the Captain let the Co do the approach. ISTR that their ILS was somewhat lacking that day, but, hey ho, the Co was nearly as old as me, must know what he's doing. So, as it seems to me standing behind the Captain for the approach, we get to about 300 feet, just coming out of the cloud into mist. Captain with head up says "runway lights 2 o clock", Co immediately gives Albert a good handful,of right hand down, lines up, and proceeds with his approach. I think at around 100 agl, he realised the runway lights were moving, they were white lights on the right, red on the left. The confirmation of the Range Rover was enough to open the taps and try another approach. As I remember, we did two more then diverted to Coningsby. Very close to,meeting the requirement of using a road as a runway. does that count ?
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