archibase.net— Airport Designers could build Airstrips anywhere I guess...Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the last photo just a causeway used for just Taxiing?
Jan 19, 2007View in Crawl 4
Hey, I'm a helicopter pilot. They all look like a piece of cake to me, but I'd be just fine landing on 'em in a Mooney or a Cessna as well. But I used to do touch and goes on sandbars and hilltops in Indonesia.
scariest strip i've ever took of as a passenger (IANAP - I am no a pilot) is in the santos dumont airport in rio the janeiro. the strip is not only close to, but it's also perfectly aligned with the sugar loaf, a 400m high granite rock between the open sea and the guanabara bay.when taking of in the mountain's direction, the 737 has to turn sharply to the left right after leaving the tarmac, then turn right in a wide curve to head up north and take the route to são paulo. when turning right, passenger in that side of the plane can see the top of the sugar loaf still above them.landing there is not easy too. very short strip, when coming from the mountain side of the strip, the pilot's don't have much time to line up before touching down, sometimes the touch down too far on the strip and can't break in time, plunging the 737 or A320 in guanabara bay. that I know, 3 or 4 planes went down in the waters since they replaced the aging lockheed electras in the Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo shutle service by 737/A320
carlosreyesJan 20, 2007
I saw some of the maps, and I remember seeing some pretty big cement "Jacks" right before the runway, were they removed?
Closed AccountJan 20, 2007
Damn what kind of engineers do they have??And the last one is the most dangerous. It's really unbelievable
trygstadJan 20, 2007
Hey, I'm a helicopter pilot. They all look like a piece of cake to me, but I'd be just fine landing on 'em in a Mooney or a Cessna as well. But I used to do touch and goes on sandbars and hilltops in Indonesia.
Closed AccountJan 20, 2007
scariest strip i've ever took of as a passenger (IANAP - I am no a pilot) is in the santos dumont airport in rio the janeiro. the strip is not only close to, but it's also perfectly aligned with the sugar loaf, a 400m high granite rock between the open sea and the guanabara bay.when taking of in the mountain's direction, the 737 has to turn sharply to the left right after leaving the tarmac, then turn right in a wide curve to head up north and take the route to são paulo. when turning right, passenger in that side of the plane can see the top of the sugar loaf still above them.landing there is not easy too. very short strip, when coming from the mountain side of the strip, the pilot's don't have much time to line up before touching down, sometimes the touch down too far on the strip and can't break in time, plunging the 737 or A320 in guanabara bay. that I know, 3 or 4 planes went down in the waters since they replaced the aging lockheed electras in the Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo shutle service by 737/A320
voovooJan 20, 2007
The second one is indeed Lord Howe Island, and I was just there on the 10th of Jan, and here are the photos.....<a class="user" href="http://www.43m.nf">http://www.43m.nf</a>It's tricky with strong crosswinds on approach to runway 28 because you come out from behind those mountains on very late final and they can really through you out if you're not ready for them.Here's another site with some more airport info:<a class="user" href="http://www.acay.com.au/~willt/lhi/airport.html">http://www.acay.com.au/~willt/lhi/airport.html</a>It's a really beautiful place.
stealthdukeJan 21, 2007
I doubt they have too much snow in the Caribbean