Steepest, shortest, highest, most bent, overgrown airstrip you’ve ever seen.
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Regards the final approach setup, not sure what others were taught but we would use the known threshold elevation and cross reference the altimeter to set up a normal-ish approach angle from a reasonable distance out, which would give normal final speeds and power settings. The picture on finals would look different depending on the slope of the strip (i.e. if it was steeply sloping, the illusion would be that you were too high because of the runway aspect), and then obviously the change in aircraft attitude in the flare would be greater than normal.
That would be followed by keeping power on to make it up to the top, and then parking sideways!
Another possibly confusing factor is not having any useful horizon reference due to being surrounded by big hills, therefore some good old 'performance flying' would be needed - known power setting, then adjust the attitude with reference to whatever was out the front (hillside etc) until the performance was right - reverse engineering compared to 'normal' ops.
Add in to that the non-availability of go round options in many cases, plus weather and high DA effects - hats off to those hardy souls who do or have done it full time!
That would be followed by keeping power on to make it up to the top, and then parking sideways!
Another possibly confusing factor is not having any useful horizon reference due to being surrounded by big hills, therefore some good old 'performance flying' would be needed - known power setting, then adjust the attitude with reference to whatever was out the front (hillside etc) until the performance was right - reverse engineering compared to 'normal' ops.
Add in to that the non-availability of go round options in many cases, plus weather and high DA effects - hats off to those hardy souls who do or have done it full time!
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I don't know if any of the old timers in here know how to use youtube, but, there is a really good channel - Missionary Bush Pilot.
The Pilot flies into some pretty tight strips. I think the vidoe's are fantastic as the focus isn't on him, on how he looks or multiple cameras facing him unlike 99% of other youtube pilots out there that fly over boring and featureless terrain.
I think it's well worth a look.
https://www.youtube.com/user/NTMApilot
The Pilot flies into some pretty tight strips. I think the vidoe's are fantastic as the focus isn't on him, on how he looks or multiple cameras facing him unlike 99% of other youtube pilots out there that fly over boring and featureless terrain.
I think it's well worth a look.
https://www.youtube.com/user/NTMApilot
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Not necessarily committed to getting airborne, but you're leaving the runway one way or another!
There have been cases of A/C falling off the end of the strip with the Pilot poling foward to dive down a bit to gain sufficient airspeed!
Yelling "Banzai!!" as one did so had been known to occur!
Not saying if I ever did it M'self!
there is a really good channel - Missionary Bush Pilot.
One of my Passengers, a Catholic Brother, had a Video Camera and took some footage of the flight. Made for interesting viewing, as only five miutes into the flight I had to shut down the engine again and bring the Bongo Van back to Kerema on one engine.
The footage, complete with sound clearly showed me shutting down the right hand engine, returning to Kerema and completing the pre landing checks, with not a little bad language associated!
The Brother concerned was going to make me a copy of the video but I never got back to Kerema to get it. The Mission could not afford a replacement engine and the A/C was eventually sold.
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upacreek,
I've got a list of 587 PNG strips, from AFORE to ZUEBAK.
Matt Dwyer at Southwest gave it to me in 2007, and it includes lat/long, elevation, strip direction(s), slope, LDA and remarks.
Matt also gave me his list of GPS tracking points.
Cheers.
I've got a list of 587 PNG strips, from AFORE to ZUEBAK.
Matt Dwyer at Southwest gave it to me in 2007, and it includes lat/long, elevation, strip direction(s), slope, LDA and remarks.
Matt also gave me his list of GPS tracking points.
Cheers.
While on a trainer in the 70s, we stopped at some little place to pump some fuel out of a bladder into the tank with the Whale Gusher. A fella came over, drink in hand, and asked, "Can'o'beer for lunch?"
"No thank you, we can't drink when we are flying."
"I was asking if you were going to Kanobea for lunch."
"No thank you, we can't drink when we are flying."
"I was asking if you were going to Kanobea for lunch."
Sounds like you and I read the same book Arm out the window - it scares me seeing some of the utubes where the driver flies straight and level at threshold height !
and yes on steep strips normally V1 is brakes release !
happy landings all
and yes on steep strips normally V1 is brakes release !
happy landings all
I don't know if any of the old timers in here know how to use youtube, but, there is a really good channel - Missionary Bush Pilot.
The Pilot flies into some pretty tight strips. I think the vidoe's are fantastic as the focus isn't on him, on how he looks or multiple cameras facing him unlike 99% of other youtube pilots out there that fly over boring and featureless terrain.
I think it's well worth a look.
https://www.youtube.com/user/NTMApilot
The Pilot flies into some pretty tight strips. I think the vidoe's are fantastic as the focus isn't on him, on how he looks or multiple cameras facing him unlike 99% of other youtube pilots out there that fly over boring and featureless terrain.
I think it's well worth a look.
https://www.youtube.com/user/NTMApilot