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Archive => Other Topics => Old Forum => Real-world aviation => Topic started by: EHM-1798 Conrad on January 01, 2006, 05:22:52 pm
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Well ive just joined Euro Harmony and now have cloked neerly 5 hours of flight time,
but the main reason for posting this topic is that i have just got back from the first school expedition to Bhutan (In the himalayas - sandwidged between nepal, tibet and india).
This was the most breath taking, and most nerving flights i have been on.
The Druk Air Airbus A319 descended into a large valley in which paro Airport is located, the plane turned in the valley; flying around all the spurs and then at the last minute turned around a small hill with the wing around 10 - 20 meters from some local houses before slamming down onto the runway at paro (a very short runway i must add).
I have some pictures and i and many other pilots would call this airport to have the most demanding approach in real life.
16 - 17,000 ft mountains all around to airport, all visual approach, winds are likely to change directions along the runway and speeds, on final having to make a last minute turn to get on the runway without smaking into a mountain.
+ the runway is exceedingly short! The icao is VQPR
Ive done the approach on FS2004 and sadly it isnt much like the real thing.
Here are some pics!
On approach:
(http://www.mera-peak.com/ap2.JPG)
(http://www.mera-peak.com/ap1.JPG)
Airport:
(http://www.mera-peak.com/A1.JPG)
(http://www.mera-peak.com/A2.JPG)
Plane:
(http://www.mera-peak.com/p1.JPG)
(http://www.mera-peak.com/p2.JPG)
(http://www.mera-peak.com/p3.JPG)
(http://www.mera-peak.com/p4.JPG)