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By: wysiwyg - 9th February 2004 at 20:02
Although the procedure to land on R05 is complex (a 120 degree low level right turn heading straight for a 7000′ rock) it is the sever wind shears that exist when the wind comes over the top of the mountain and down the valleys at either end of the runway that make it so scary. A mate of mine did a go around there a few years ago in an A320 from over 100′ due to windshear and still struck the ground in the manoeuvre. Fortunately they hadn’t been displaced too much laterally by gusts so they contacted the runway rather than anything more serious. In Funchal adrenaline is often brown coloured!
By: Bmused55 - 9th February 2004 at 08:29
Landing at funchal in a 757 is scarey enough in flight sim, I can only imagine what its like in real life.
Still, the satisfaction of getting the bird on the numbers is worth it LOL
By: Charley B - 9th February 2004 at 08:19
Yes Wys it is!FORTUNATELYweve always landed in good weather —have been about 8 times. Going in you think the wing tips are going to touch the sea—I shut my eyes!
By: wysiwyg - 9th February 2004 at 01:30
My company does not serve Gibraltar so I’ve never been there but I’ve heard it can be very interesting in certain weather conditions. I would imagine Spotty M Driver is a regular there.
By: Charley B - 8th February 2004 at 16:46
Gibraltar’s not that nice to land at either—- especially if the levante cloud is round the rock and the wind is howling!
By: wysiwyg - 8th February 2004 at 11:59
Originally posted by EAL_KING
LOL so you wouldnt have flown to hong kong if kai tak was still open??
While I have never actually flown into Kai Tak I have sat on the jumpseat and observed the IGS many times. There was nothing particularly challenging about the approach into Kai tak, it was just very visually interesting. The Carnarsie approach onto 13R at JFK is similar to the Kai tak approach but more demanding due to it requiring a turn through a greater angle flown off a non-precision approach. Neither of these come close to Funchal, Samos or even Corfu on a stormy night.
By: dartie - 8th February 2004 at 03:06
Flying into Kai Tak was awesome i flew an Alitalia MD-11 from Rome – Fuimicino and everyone clapped the pilot when we landed! But yea thats a great pic!
By: EAL_KING - 8th February 2004 at 00:32
LOL so you wouldnt have flown to hong kong if kai tak was still open??
By: wysiwyg - 8th February 2004 at 00:31
Innsbruck requires special sim training before you can operate into there. I was rostered to do the sim this winter but I opted out as the mountains looks a bit too solid for my liking. Fortunately there are enough bold people happy to volunteer instead. I don’t do the job to get that scared…Funchal is quite enough for me!
By: EAL_KING - 8th February 2004 at 00:15
you flown there wys??
By: wysiwyg - 7th February 2004 at 22:41
Because it’s at Innsbruck where you’ll find even bigger rocks in all the other directions! 😉
By: T5 - 7th February 2004 at 20:43
Very nice, but I am puzzled as to why the aircraft is heading towards that big rock-type thing!
By: wannabe pilot - 7th February 2004 at 13:49
Yes that is a very nice shot! I think I may have to put it as my background…..
By: andrewm - 7th February 2004 at 13:02
And somepeople say they dont need the eyebrow windows on the 737 for making turns!!!
By: glafferty - 7th February 2004 at 10:48
Turn Left! LEFT!! 😮 🙂
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