Author Topic: Amazing Landings (Read 359 times)

rogwar · « **on:** October 13, 2007, 09:35:17 PM »

I get to fly in and out of places like this at times...

You really have to see this one!

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/746851/what_a_pilot/

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/836022/amazing_pilot/

Just flew in here a couple of weeks ago....Cuzco...11,600 feet. This was an A320 same plane I flew in on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1D7k4NbqM4

deSelys · « **Reply #1 on:** October 14, 2007, 02:41:58 PM »

WOW The 1st one was sick... Thks!

rogwar · « **Reply #2 on:** October 14, 2007, 03:04:00 PM »

That first landing by the American Airlines plane is a Tegucigalpa, Honduras airport. I've done that and it's a scary ride.

Another wild airport is Santos Dumont in Rio de Janeiro. It's the city airport like a Love Field. Big jets land there as well....like 737s.

Flown into here several times on TAM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5GrpC6zaY0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLUx1oEN00c

Video taken from Sugarloaf Mountain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiw4wokg974

From inside the cockpit on a 737....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmswctF3INI

Maverick · « **Reply #3 on:** October 14, 2007, 03:31:39 PM »

Rogwar,

That last one made it look easy, landing on a postage stamp..........

BBStacker · « **Reply #4 on:** October 14, 2007, 04:16:16 PM »

This ws an aborted landing at Ontario Airport in Southern California during those nasty Santa Ana winds.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fd2_1188709114

RAIDER14 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 14, 2007, 04:26:52 PM »

Military 757 Aborted Landing

rogwar · « **Reply #6 on:** October 14, 2007, 08:38:17 PM »

Here is a video from the cockpit taking off from Cuzco. It's an Airbus A320. Have to turn up this valley to get altitude so as not to impact the hillside.

Takeoff really gets going fast because of density altitude. Plus they only fly in and out of there in the morning while it's cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OuSF-hYLJY

Got stranded in Cuzco for 3 days once because of low clouds. They don't have air operations if there's much cloud cover because of the mountains.

Here's another interesting compilation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4g4FTMn7Y8

Mark Luper · « **Reply #7 on:** October 14, 2007, 09:46:03 PM »

Here's a short runway with an approach through the middle of the city in São Paulo, Brasil. This is the same airport that a TAM A320 ran off the end of the runway this past July.

Approach to Congonhas, São Paulo, Brasil

And here is a take off from the same airport. This clip shows how high the runway is relative to the surrounding neighborhood.

Take off from Congonhas in TAM A320

I flew out of there on the 2nd of August on my way to Brasilia for my wedding.

Mark

rogwar · « **Reply #8 on:** October 14, 2007, 10:48:18 PM »

Hey Mark,

Was there about a week after the TAM accident. Ended up staying in Sao Paulo the whole week for work because travel out of the city was so messed up afterwards.

It does feel like you're landing right on buildings and such. Went over near the crash area and one could see a lot of destruction. Our company lost two people in the crash.

That airport is so much easier than GRU for internal flights.

I like Brasil but Sao Paulo is not one of my favorite places.

Mark Luper · « **Reply #9 on:** October 14, 2007, 11:27:20 PM »

I was late arriving at GRU so missed my flight out that day. The metro was on strike so the traffic was terrible and congested.

I rented a cab from Guarulhos to Congonhas and it took us an hour and 45 minutes to make the trip. It's normaly a 30 to 45 min ride. Made it just in time to fly out on the plane American got me a reservation on.

The crash site was still black but I think they had already removed the wreckage of the plane by that time. While I was there, in Brasilia, they imploded the building.

Sorry to hear about the loss of your co-workers.

I thought São Paulo interesting. I would like to go back and visit it some more but like you, it's not my favorite city.

Mark