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Shooting the breeze.

juicerider

790 posts

juicerider

WA, 790 posts

29 Nov 2013 10:29am

RNP approach into Queenstown

Dawn Patrol

1991 posts

Dawn Patrol

WA, 1991 posts

29 Nov 2013 10:59am

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

Bristol

ACT, 347 posts

30 Nov 2013 10:48am

Great video. What's the music accompanying it? John Newman?

Gonebush

NSW

160 posts

Gonebush

NSW, 160 posts

30 Nov 2013 2:35pm

God damn, should have been a pilot! Bit late to contemplate now approaching 40 with two kids and a fat mortgage.

southace

4803 posts

southace

SA, 4803 posts

30 Nov 2013 4:11pm

I'm not sure but that was a very fast approach to the runway? was the footage speed up just before touch down?

Toph

1887 posts

Toph

WA, 1887 posts

30 Nov 2013 3:12pm

Yeah southace, the footage was definitely speed up, unless it was a 300kt approach.

orynoco

QLD

271 posts

orynoco

QLD, 271 posts

30 Nov 2013 6:17pm

Music was coldplay.

pweedas

4642 posts

pweedas

WA, 4642 posts

30 Nov 2013 4:22pm

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

1887 posts

Toph

WA, 1887 posts

30 Nov 2013 5:15pm

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

Glitch

QLD, 292 posts

30 Nov 2013 11:18pm

Nice vid. Not sure if this has been posted before but it is one of my favourites.

juicerider

790 posts

juicerider

WA, 790 posts

1 Dec 2013 9:25am

^^^^
Nice vid.
Some of those runways look dodgy, no room for error there.

Bristol

ACT

347 posts

Bristol

ACT, 347 posts

2 Dec 2013 4:06pm

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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