You want fun flying (and I’ve done the DCA approach many times, too) you should fly the former Reeve Aleutia 727s that were configured half cargo, half people that were flown all over AK for decades.
First time I flew into Adak I was chatting with crew on the tarmac while we were waiting for the sniffer dogs to check our bags, and I asked the first officer if we were close to flying against minimums, as we landed in a very thick fog. “Minimums? There are no minimums out here, buddy.” Some serious seat of the pants flying out there. -D > On Jun 12, 2020, at 10:45 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > That's a carrier landing. I used to fly EAL from BOS-DCA a lot. The last bit > of the approach is down the Potomac river, lots of jinking around then the > runway was short too. Those ex-Naval Aviators knew how to plant those 727s > on that strip, it was always an adventure. > > -_FT > > On 6/12/20 10:32 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> Is this like “A landing is just a controlled crash?” >> >> -D >> >> >>> On Jun 12, 2020, at 10:06 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> - Try to stay in the middle of the air. >>> - Do not go near the edges of it. >>> - The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, >>> buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to >>> fly there. >>> >>> ------------- >>> Max >>> Charleston SC >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
