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One for the Aerosexuals

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Created by juicerider > 9 months ago, 29 Nov 2013
juicerider
WA, 790 posts
29 Nov 2013 10:29AM
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RNP approach into Queenstown

Dawn Patrol
WA, 1991 posts
29 Nov 2013 10:59AM
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I saw that the other day! Pretty epic video. Lots of trust on the navigation system! Love it just as they dip beneath the clouds whilst pointing straight towards the mountain.

Bristol
ACT, 347 posts
30 Nov 2013 10:48AM
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Great video. What's the music accompanying it? John Newman?

Gonebush
NSW, 160 posts
30 Nov 2013 2:35PM
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God damn, should have been a pilot! Bit late to contemplate now approaching 40 with two kids and a fat mortgage.

southace
SA, 4794 posts
30 Nov 2013 4:11PM
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I'm not sure but that was a very fast approach to the runway? was the footage speed up just before touch down?

Toph
WA, 1876 posts
30 Nov 2013 3:12PM
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Yeah southace, the footage was definitely speed up, unless it was a 300kt approach.

orynoco
QLD, 271 posts
30 Nov 2013 6:17PM
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Music was coldplay.

pweedas
WA, 4642 posts
30 Nov 2013 4:22PM
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There also didn't appear to be any flare prior to touchdown. ???
They just seemd top fly it straight onto the runway. ?

Ya gotta love a good ILS approach though.
With VFR you would have to dive through that small hole in the clouds early in the vid and grub along to the airport underneath the cloud base.

Toph
WA, 1876 posts
30 Nov 2013 5:15PM
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Except this is a RNAV Pweedas. Im not even sure that you could 'curve' an ILS.

The Fokker 100 (I dont think there are any in NZ though) land reasonably flat and most other jet aircraft (of that size) fly with a nose high attitude anyway. The perspective from inside and especially through a camera, would not show a big attitude change. Maybe a degree or 2.

Glitch
QLD, 292 posts
30 Nov 2013 11:18PM
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Nice vid. Not sure if this has been posted before but it is one of my favourites.

juicerider
WA, 790 posts
1 Dec 2013 9:25AM
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^^^^
Nice vid.
Some of those runways look dodgy, no room for error there.

Bristol
ACT, 347 posts
2 Dec 2013 4:06PM
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orynoco said..
Music was coldplay.


Thanks, orynoco, for the info. Have now added it to my mp3.

Here's the navaid the pilots used.

www.pprune.org/australia-new-zealand-pacific/528615-cockpit-video-rnp-approach-into-queenstown.html



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