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Old 15th Oct 2015, 17:51
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Pinky the pilot
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they all appear to be fairly typical of village airstrips made in Papua when service was predominantly by 185s and 206s, although doglegs are very rare. A couple are steeper than the average, but nothing out-of-the-ordinary.
A fair description. But if you got it wrong in the approach it could (and sometimes did) bite hard!! I think that you have to had flown into them to really appreciate just how difficult they could sometimes be. Just looking at a diagram really tells you little.

With some of the mentioned strips you were committed as soon as you turned final or shortly thereafter, and as well, with one, (Iaura) the strip was out of sight from cross wind until short final.

I have basic information for the PNG airstrips from 2005
In the form of what documents?
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