Author Topic: Awesome video - cockpit landing in Queenstown UnZud - cockpit view..  (Read 4609 times)

Offline Diesel

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Very well done - must be quite a sensation, diving into clouds at 300 knots in a mountain range...


Great sound - full screen - enjoy!


http://www.chonday.com/Videos/pilotnewzdalnd1


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That is very impressive.  Obviously the PNF (Pilot Not Flying) in this case was the F/O, doing the filming.
A curved approach like that is only possible since GPS became an approved navigational aid for aviation.  Previously only straight-in was achievable, flying down an ILS path.  You can be assured there is a lot of cross-referencing going on in a procedure like that among terrain like that.  The touch-down was perfect- you will see the jerking in the camera if it's otherwise- it's magnified at the sharp end of the plane.
That is an especially low ceiling, too- I'd estimate 300 feet.  That's low for a GPS approach.  They would have a ground-based GPS augmentation system to fly to those minima.

One of the greatest thrills in aviation is to pop out of the murk close to and lined up on the runway after flying for sometimes hours in cloud.  It's like magic!

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Its NZ Biggles, the conversation would have been something like..
"When that jagged peak on the left is over the left shoulder, bank right 5 degrees, count 5 then 5 degrees nose down. Cout ten then level wings. We should come out of the clouds before we touch down.  Its OK, Ive done it hundreds of times."

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Its NZ Biggles, the conversation would have been something like..
"When that jagged peak on the left is over the left shoulder, bank right 5 degrees, count 5 then 5 degrees nose down. Cout ten then level wings. We should come out of the clouds before we touch down.  Its OK, Ive done it hundreds of times."

 o:)

I didn't want to frighten the punters with the truth.    8)

That would certainly be true of PNG...   :o
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That was very cool :thumbsup

:think1 :think1 One of these days I'll have to go for a ride in a plane :runyay
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That was very cool :thumbsup

:think1 :think1 One of these days I'll have to go for a ride in a plane :runyay

Grab one of those mystery flights Virgin does for $50.  There might be a return flight too.    :grin
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Grab one of those mystery flights Virgin does for $50.  There might be a return flight too.    :grin
When did they start doing these again???
 

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Spectacular footage ........     and just a little bit scary. :thumb
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