That _was_ Hong Kong - the new airport at Chek Lap Kok has a very modern runway and terminal system: now the approach is almost boringly normal. The most fun I had in a commercial flight was a four-seater domestic flight in Australia, where the destination was beneath 100% cloud. The pilot flew forty minutes on dead-reckoning at 9800 feet, then, knowing the only mount in the region was 1800 feet one mile from the destination runway, dropped down to 2500 and cruised around looking for a break in the cloud. After ten minutes circling, he found one and we went down it like in an elevator! Popped out under the cloud two miles from the runway and only a few degrees off the glide path...
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Monday, 8 February 2010 8:29 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: airlines (was Re: Message from Henry Posner, Part I) > Don't know how I stumbled onto this a few weeks ago, but I did: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtnL4KYVtDE That's Hong Kong for you. Just enough runway to operate a Jumbo, and mountains that prevent a traditional straight-on approach. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
