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Watch a C-130 pilot's terrifying view of a combat landing
2015-07-07
Terrifying? Not so much, but still a seriously steep approach.
Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#6  I wasn't the pilot but I landed at the old Hong Kong airport once and that was pretty scary. You fly alongside buildings fairly close and then as you get near the ground you do a hard right into the runway. Amazing it took them so long to create a new runway/airport.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2015-07-07 21:48  

#5  Did a combat landing and take-off in a C-7 Caribou in Nam as a passenger. One was enough.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2015-07-07 17:51  

#4  Similar to the approach for Aspen airport since the place is surrounded by mountains.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-07-07 15:36  

#3  Standard approach into Balad. Even more fun in the back as "cargo"
Posted by: OldSpook   2015-07-07 15:28  

#2  Pretty much the common approach to valley flightlines. A Vegas pilot once told me the airport sanctioned the style to support the noise abatement ordinance, pilots chose it to minimize exposure to ground level wind shear.
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-07-07 13:56  

#1  Nice to be able to see where you're going virtually all the way down. But not much room for error.
Posted by: Glenmore   2015-07-07 07:52  

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