Re: Tis a Tad Windy
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Thu Jun 09, 2016 3:12 pmby Fozzer
The nearest I get to experience that in my California Flight Sim flights, is landing/taking off at Santa Catalina Airfield [KAVX] in my GA aeroplanes after an over-water trip from Los Angeles!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_AirportIt can be very scary in high winds......just don't run out of runway....trust me!....
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....the drop over the ends can be quite dramatic!....
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Paul....
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Re: Tis a Tad Windy
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Thu Jun 09, 2016 5:14 pmby Anthindelahunt
I have had some scary landings at Canberra in Dash 8's.
The wind can be quite severe at times.
Anthin.
Re: Tis a Tad Windy
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Fri Jun 10, 2016 10:14 amby ViperPilot
There are lots of 'windy' Landing videos on YT that are quite entertaining, from the standpoint of trying to hold the airplane as straight as possible, like this one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHJuFsp_w8ILately, I've been plying the skies using some Military birds, and found this interesting to see... (Time Index 00:57)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYUm5Nl6318To the layman, these look like dangerous maneuvers... it's just the skill of the Pilots, putting the bird down as close to the Numbers as possible!
Alan
Re: Tis a Tad Windy
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Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:22 amby C
Mmm, tricky. It is a shame, but sadly it's a fact of life and windy, mid ocean, airports. Sadly St Helena has only ever been accessible by ship and I suspect the airlink was much looked forward too. Ascension is probably an hour or so's flying time away, so in the interim you wonder if they may have to consider jet service out to Ascension then a lighter STOL aircraft down to St Helena, negating some of the problems of a normal approach in a 737.