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By: scotavia - 19th June 2019 at 12:24

Military aircrew are practiced at varied approaches, the potential for manpads in the approach climbout funnel are well known,why make it easy? No fare paying pax to moan.I spent many happy hours watching assorted types land at Kinloss while on my bird control duties. Curved approaches were not unusual especially when fuel remaining was an issue with just landed aircraft vacating the runway onto the disused runway intersection to enable another fuel short aircraft to land.

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By: Oxcart - 18th June 2019 at 20:09

Seriously? They re-started the sequence in the 1960’s. And the sequence is for Cargo, not just cargo planes that are also tankers.
They have broken things a bit by skipping numbers for imagined PR reasons e.g. B-2 -> B-21, F-23 -> F-35

Seriously! I’m sorry someone of your undoubted intellectual superiority had to stir their brain cells into action in order to belittle someone of my undoubted ignorance, (In your eyes) I mean, it could’ve just been a temporary lapse on my part, but let’s just go with my stupidity so u can feel better about yourself. Or maybe do some work on your insecurity??

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By: cabbage - 18th June 2019 at 16:27

I’ve seen many far worse approaches to landings.

100 Squadron Canberra on finals to Gibraltar, from the east, in the usual windy conditions springs to mind.

Also, same day, same place, the Gib Airways Viscount carryiing out a perfect 3-point touchdown, nose wwheels 1st, port wheels 2nd, and finaly starboard wheels 3rd .

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By: ozplane - 18th June 2019 at 13:07

He was a bit too far right of the runway centreline to call it a precise approach. I would think a “no tea or biscuits” interview followed that arrival. Still they walked away and they can re-use the aeroplane which counts as a good landing.

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By: longshot - 18th June 2019 at 13:00

Looks like an admirably precise hand flown approach…was the pilot experienced on aircraft carriers?

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By: trumper - 18th June 2019 at 12:06

It’s military ,still looked to have plenty of room.

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By: Seafuryfan - 18th June 2019 at 06:11

That grey (sorry, gray) colour (color) scheme could be painted on a sack of potatoes and still look fantastic.

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By: ErrolC - 18th June 2019 at 01:58

Seriously? They re-started the sequence in the 1960’s. And the sequence is for Cargo, not just cargo planes that are also tankers.
They have broken things a bit by skipping numbers for imagined PR reasons e.g. B-2 -> B-21, F-23 -> F-35

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By: Oxcart - 18th June 2019 at 01:31

I’d love to know how they went from 135 to 46 via 10!

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By: DH82EH - 18th June 2019 at 01:22

It was probably lightly loaded. No passengers. Not an airliner. Great tactical training and a nice job of it too.
Some real flying skills.

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By: MFowler - 18th June 2019 at 00:48

I hope the flight crew packed some spare underwear.

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