DJ Embraer wet landing into PQQ

[vee1-rotate]

Nice video has surfaced of a DJ E170 landing into PQQ on the first service on a very wet day. Shows well the poor quality of PQQ runway, with the nose wheel bouncing all over the place.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=PpUftG_mxg8

[Capt Claret]

Vee1 You oughta try Gove or Paraburdoo. One doesn't have to rotate there because the undulations throw the aeroplane into the sky!

[KRUSTY 34]

Just down the road at Taree. The absolute worst sealed RPT strip in Australia.

No-one cares!

[OpsNormal]

In its defence, since that vid was taken PMQ now has a very smooth new cover of bitumen and no sign of the old "speed humps" is evident anywhere anymore.

Regards,

OpsN.

[Pappa Smurf]

Capt Claret,
Wont have to worry about Paraburdoo for much longer.

A new airport is going to be built 40 k,s out of Tom Price on the new T/P-Karatha road

[Howard Hughes]

Was in PMQ the other day and the new seal seemed fine to me!

I would like to nominate Whyalla as one of the roughest bitumen strips anywhere, the undulations are so high, landing there is almost like ditching...

[morno]

One nomination to Roma from me. I landed there about 6 months ago and it felt like I had run into a field of speed humps.

morno

[flyitboy]

Many years ago I had cause to fly into YBLT a few times, nice for also practicing ditching as 'Howard' said!!!


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[Tmbstory]

Landing at PQQ

Vee 1 - Rotate:

Looked to be a straight forward normal wet weather landing to me.

Tmb

[gav_20022002]

any one who has had the pleasure of flying into Truscott country club & detox centre AKA YTST in the Kimberley will know the feeling. 3 nice nice big rises in the runway. generally once you get to the 3rd your launched off the deck...

[Bill Lear]

Scone or Moomba gets my vote. Both very rough.

[fierylildevil]

Try this one

Anybody ever landed at Palmerville Station !
Not sealed but it has a huge dip right in the middle.
so you take off, land and take off again .....

[Horatio Leafblower]

Scone

As Bill has obviously discovered, operating a Global or a GV in/out of Scone seems to have its challenges. Or Challengers. Ho ho.

Apart from the marginal length, the humps & hollows throw the big/fast guys around.

[kimwestt]

Rough Strips

For my money both Cockatoo and Kulin Islands in the Kimberleys take the prize for roughness and undulations

[Islander Jock]

Wont have to worry about Paraburdoo for much longer.

If I were a betting man, I'd say the "Paraburdoo Hump" will continue to provide ski ramp take-offs for at least another two years.

For the uninitiated, hang on just crossing the second touch down zone markers on rwy 06

[topend3]

i'd have to say Newman, just down the road from Paraburdoo, is one of the best airports i get to fly in to, nice smooth runway and they have just doubled the apron size and put in an additional taxiway, top notch

[the wizard of auz]

For my money both Cockatoo and Kulin Islands in the Kimberleys take the prize for roughness and undulations

Nah, they are fine. Koolan used to be a little hairy when the wind swung to the west, but otherwise they are fine........they hardened the last 200mtrs up a bit, so you can use the full 800 now. loved hopping off the end and over the cliff at MTOW on a hot day with 10Knts behind ya. glad I was driving a Caravan and not an airvan though.