 | Challenging place to land, Courchevel Airport, France| Modern Discuss Challenging place to land, Courchevel Airport, France in the Other Eras forums; I have been on some crazy landings in my time, but this one is WILD! The video takes you through ... |
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01-27-2008, 09:46 PM
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I have been on some crazy landings in my time, but this one is WILD! The video takes you through the Alps at treetop level to land.  YouTube - Beech Baron landing at Courchevel Airport, France
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01-27-2008, 10:27 PM
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Country: | Pretty wild! I never seen a paved runway slope like that!
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01-28-2008, 03:31 AM
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Country:  | Anyone who can land there, can land anywhere... 
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01-28-2008, 03:44 AM
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01-28-2008, 05:13 AM
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Country:  | have to put it right down on the numbers , cant see anything other then light aircraft using it
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01-28-2008, 06:05 AM
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Country: | Not a lot of margin for error there. I loved the part where they came over the peak of he mountain and rolled to the other side. Exciting stiff, but you better be right on. Joe, you should show that to some of the students at the academy to let them see how easy they have it. 
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01-28-2008, 06:56 AM
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Country: | Ooooh.....I don't don't know about that....they might stop flying..
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01-28-2008, 07:38 AM
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Country:  | Like one dude said on youtube..balls of steel...thats one tricky runway...
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01-28-2008, 01:31 PM
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Country:  | Wild, certainly would take ball of steel but having said that I would still like to do it 
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01-28-2008, 04:35 PM
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Country:  | whoa, no go-around possible! almost as crazy as the famous Lukla approach | |
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01-28-2008, 05:12 PM
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Country:  | Running on memory, but in the film "Tomorrow Never Dies" Bond manages to overpower the baddies, escape in a L-39 jet and take off from a snow covered runway that reminds me of this one. Of course in the movie there is a cliff at the end!
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01-31-2008, 07:19 PM
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Country: | Looks like Seattle southbound, except a hell of a lot scarier.
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02-01-2008, 09:04 AM
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Country: | Saw an airbase in Switzerland when I was going through the St Gottadart (SP?) Tunnel to the North Side (word to the wise, avoid the tunnel go, over the top if you can, 2-3 hour long wait to get through). It was right along the road, in a valley and looked hairy to get in an out of. Mountains on all sides. You had to have some major power to get up (we were probably around 1000-1500 meters) and on a rainy summer day, with lousy vis, it must absolute murder to try to get in.
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02-01-2008, 09:18 AM
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Country: | Wow. I think that takes a bit more bravery than the average pilot.
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02-01-2008, 09:28 AM
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Country: | made my palms sweat....
Kinda reminds me of landing on Catalina but much more extreme
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