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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Mar 31, 2010 - 11:06pm PT
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Fritz,
Lukla is paved now? Mon dieu, what is the world
coming to?
"A frightening place to land."
Not so much I'm afraid what with paving and turboprops-
pretty casual IMHO.
I didn't see that BMAC slipped one in there. Now that
looks like a fun strip, especially with a non-reverse
thrust Cessna or such!
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bmacd
Trad climber
Beautiful, BC
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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They just closed Berlin's main airport because they discovered an unexploded ordnance from WWII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 26, 2011 - 05:43pm PT
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AEY --> RKV today.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 26, 2011 - 06:15pm PT
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Chiloe, you dog, a hop in a DC-3 would be soooo SWEET!
On final to Iguazu. Everything seemed good. Then the drivers poured on the
coal and retracted the flaps from 45 to 25. WTF?????? This isn't
something you do on an IFR approach when you're 1500' above the ground.
That is unless you're bouncing a flight attendant on your lap. At least I
hope that was their excuse for going so far below the glide slope they had
to take such extraordinary measures. BUSH!!!!
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wildone
climber
Troy, MT
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Jun 26, 2011 - 09:36pm PT
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Man, I have got to post the photos I took of Baffin when I flew from Paris to Seattle a couple months ago. Gotta find them...
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Jun 26, 2011 - 09:58pm PT
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Thanks Reilly! That description makes my flights in Nepal look mild in comparison.
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Jun 27, 2011 - 12:00am PT
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Awesome shot of the AN-2 "Colt".
We used to have a few at one of the FBO's I used to work at. Those things are tanks with wings. Slow and tough, land anywhere. Kinda like a giant Piper Cub.
I especially liked trying to get them started...bad enough it's a cranky ass Eastern Bloc radial anyways, but the ones we had were equipped with these inertia reel starters....you had to wind em up, slam in the handle to engage the starter, then try to get the engine to catch while pumping the hell outta the mix. Couple revolutions of the prop and you had to start all over again.
I shudder to think of trying to restart the thing in an emergency.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 27, 2011 - 09:43am PT
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Reilly, unfortunately that vintage DC-3 was someone else's ride, all I got was a Fokker.
I wish either one was coming for me today, I'm stranded at an airport with plans in a mess. Travel happens.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 27, 2011 - 11:04am PT
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Chiloe, bummer. What's the past tense of Fokker?
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Jun 27, 2011 - 11:50am PT
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Answer...
Fokked
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 28, 2011 - 05:00pm PT
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At KEF earlier today,
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Gene
climber
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Jun 28, 2011 - 09:10pm PT
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I was looking for a ticket to get Catherine from the Bay Area to New York City. American Airline came up with this itinerary.
San Francisco -> Portland -> Dallas/Fort Worth -> Los Angeles -> New York City. We purchased a direct flight for about 20% of what AA wanted to charge.
g
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cowpoke
climber
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Jun 29, 2011 - 12:08pm PT
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Chiloe, crossing paths with that Iron Maiden tour plane is wild -- so cool!
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dirtbag
climber
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Jun 29, 2011 - 12:21pm PT
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Very cool Chiloe.
There is an Iron Maiden thread around here somewhere.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2011 - 04:12pm PT
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On the road again,
BOS --> YYZ --> YYC --> YZF
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Sep 19, 2011 - 09:06pm PT
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ZZZZzzzzz....
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2011 - 11:59am PT
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VC, I know that feeling well.
Instead of sleeping last night, I was out doing this:
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Sep 20, 2011 - 02:06pm PT
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WOW! Those are AWESOME shots. Thanks for sharing!
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