Shouldn't this be in the Useful debunking images thread?
Shouldn't this be in the Useful debunking images thread?
Mountains at SFO aren't that impressive either.
A320. And looks like it's about 8xDoes anyone know what type of plane was piloted in the OP? And was the time sped up?
My thoughts exactly. I got a little bit of buttock clench just watching it go into the cloud with all the mountaintops around. Fair play to the pilots who do that day in, day out.2:51: I was thinking, I sure hope he knows what's below him.
I was wondering what do pilots use to navigate through the clouds in tight spaces like this. Would they soley be relying on GPS since there's a river that runs through the canyon there and in the direction towards the runway, or do onboard computers navigate that environment. I could only imagine how difficult that track would be if the clouds covered the mountains in their entirety. Would be pretty scary or intense I would imagine?My thoughts exactly. I got a little bit of buttock clench just watching it go into the cloud with all the mountaintops around. Fair play to the pilots who do that day in, day out.
Ray Von
I'm not sure what or how this video could be used as a debunking tool. Would this be useful to help explain how low contrails can form in mountainous areas?Shouldn't this be in the Useful debunking images thread?
I was wondering what do pilots use to navigate through the clouds in tight spaces like this. Would they soley be relying on GPS since there's a river that runs through the canyon there and in the direction towards the runway, or do onboard computers navigate that environment. I could only imagine how difficult that track would be if the clouds covered the mountains in their entirety. Would be pretty scary or intense I would imagine?
East of SFO
I'm not sure what or how this video could be used as a debunking tool. Would this be useful to help explain how low contrails can form in mountainous areas?
Are pilots allowed to record video from the cockpit at will or do they need to get special permission from their company or FAA? I've seen similar videos to this one, and I was curious if pilots are allowed to just mount cameras where ever they please in the cockpit to capture these images.
Love the GE report, and got to tip my hat to Mr. Fulton, especially when he discussed the difficult terrain on his landing approach in Alaska here;It is called an RNP approach (Required Navigational Performance) that for Queenstown requires special procedures, equipment and training.
Qantas was very involved in this; they may have been the first airline approved to do it. The real fun part is the engine failure at V1 case, where the "escape" procedures require flying down valleys in order to get to safety height. They aren't allowed to do these approaches/takeoffs at night.
Here is some very good information, which also references the OP video.
As far as using Go-pros are concerned, I haven't needed special permission but I do make sure the mounts I use are industrial strength, for obvious reasons. There are a lot of these videos around now and maybe the airlines recognise the value in them.
TW how true is this, have you ever flown into this airport prior to the RPN because he makes it seem somewhat of an obstacle if he missed his approach. Almost as if there wasn't a plan if they missed it.TK: What if you missed?
SF: If a missed approach was required at any point along that last 90 seconds of visual flight to the runway, there was no published escape route. Each pilot had in their mind a plan, but for each of us it consisted of maximum go-around thrust in a climbing 180 degree, minimum radius turn in the darkness until safely above the terrain.
More than once I inadvertently descended into unseen clouds in the darkness and lost visual contact with the runway lights in this portion of the flight where visual contact was essential.
It is called an RNP approach (Required Navigational Performance) that for Queenstown requires special procedures, equipment and training.
Qantas was very involved in this; they may have been the first airline approved to do it. The real fun part is the engine failure at V1 case, where the "escape" procedures require flying down valleys in order to get to safety height. They aren't allowed to do these approaches/takeoffs at night.
Here's what an approach into Queenstown looked like mostly without clouds in 1996. Love the thrust reversing system on the JT-8 powered 737's . Noting also the sundogs and vortices at various points.
Just another stunning view, how in the world did they get a camera on the tail of the plane? That would have to be bolted on wouldn't it?
I have only flown into that airport in my Air Force days which wasn't in a jet.
Its often cheaper to fly to Queenstown NZ go spring skiing than drive up the pimples we call mountains in OZ
$269.00 10:00 AM, Tuesday 04 November 2014
But im going cat sailing at Whitsundays that week
- Melbourne (Tullamarine) - International Terminal - T2
to Queenstown - Domestic TerminalJetstar Airways
Caribou?