Taxiway take-off at YBBN
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Corporate Aviation
gaunty,
This section of aviation needs to have the high professional standards that you speak of, otherwise you will not be a survivor in the business.
A corporate pilot has to be able to think on the "go", use common sense and be aware of the situation at all times. One day you may be at say Alice Springs and the next, at Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy (with an 11339 ft mountain about 2nm from abeam the runway). It certainly pays to keep the ILS in the centre. A little further up the track, towards Nome, is a perfectly dome shaped Volcano at 16098 ft which is the resting place for quite a few aircraft.
In all, airline Pilots sometimes may get bored with doing the same routes all the time,that does not happen to the corporate pilot.
Tmb
This section of aviation needs to have the high professional standards that you speak of, otherwise you will not be a survivor in the business.
A corporate pilot has to be able to think on the "go", use common sense and be aware of the situation at all times. One day you may be at say Alice Springs and the next, at Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy (with an 11339 ft mountain about 2nm from abeam the runway). It certainly pays to keep the ILS in the centre. A little further up the track, towards Nome, is a perfectly dome shaped Volcano at 16098 ft which is the resting place for quite a few aircraft.
In all, airline Pilots sometimes may get bored with doing the same routes all the time,that does not happen to the corporate pilot.
Tmb
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Float Planes
Werbil,
I was lucky at one stage to spend some time in Anchorage. There is a water airport called Lake Hood, not far from the International Airport. The water airport, at that time, was home to about 400 float planes, a most picturesque scene & busy! A sight to see, if you are in the area.
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I was lucky at one stage to spend some time in Anchorage. There is a water airport called Lake Hood, not far from the International Airport. The water airport, at that time, was home to about 400 float planes, a most picturesque scene & busy! A sight to see, if you are in the area.
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Seem to remember seeing a C-150/152 going down in the Modbury area a few years ago. Apparently someone decided to knick it at YPPH (Parafield) and took off from the taxi-way. Said bloke did come up on criminal charges but atleast he survived. Crashed on Kelly Rd or nearby from memory ( didnt really check the street name out when i ran for the car for a drive to oogle. It was VH-UGL or UGLY as few of the students called it. TP the owner was pissed off at the scene. Feel free to correct any info guys.
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According to mate who still works in BNE HB... was cleared for T/O RWY 01 from A7, rolled on A, was spotted by safety vehicle, TWR ordered stop, pilot abandoned T/O stopped near A3.
A has centreline greens, 01/19 has sideline and centreline whites. Mind you in Lexington Blue Grass incident there were no lights at all and that was an airline crew!
A has centreline greens, 01/19 has sideline and centreline whites. Mind you in Lexington Blue Grass incident there were no lights at all and that was an airline crew!
