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Pilot's view of landing in New Zealand
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:23 pm
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:23 pm
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Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:27 pm to ELLSSUU
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:28 pm to ELLSSUU
I got really uncomfortable when he hit the clouds as he was headed for the mountain.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:28 pm to ELLSSUU
Wow, that's amazing. I drove up here to Alaska when I came and haven't flow in or out yet. I'm sure it's gonna look something like that when I do.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:31 pm to GRTiger
Same here. Mountains were so close and he couldnt see shite. Other than that. Amazing.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:32 pm to ELLSSUU
man, that is wild as hell...would be difficult for me to put that much trust in instrumentation...
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:34 pm to Spankum
There's times when the weather is so bad he never sees outside of his cockpit. It makes you realize how much you have to trust your instruments when there is a thin layer like that in the mountains.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:34 pm to ELLSSUU
Very cool.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:36 pm to GRTiger
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I got really uncomfortable when he hit the clouds as he was headed for the mountain.
yeah, wtf was up with that? and how did he know he wasn't going to splat right into another peak below the clouds
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:38 pm to ELLSSUU
Cool video but damn those are some pretty low clouds. Anyway beautiful country. Its on my bucket list a trip to NZ.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:43 pm to TheIndulger
Approach plates, GPS, ATC, and terrain radar.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:45 pm to Schwartz
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Approach plates, GPS, ATC, and terrain radar.
Because everyone knows what those are
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:46 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
A big Pucker Moment when he's heading for the mountain and dips into the cloud at the same time. I suppose you have to trust the instruments more than your eyes.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:47 pm to ELLSSUU
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I suppose you have to trust the instruments more than your eyes.
That's the general idea.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:48 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Approach plate:
Basically a chart that can show you at what altitude to fly, and where to turn and descend to get to an airport in conjunction with things like VORs and DMEs (radio beacons, essentially.)
GPS: Duh.
ATC: Air Traffic Control, can send pilots directions based on radar returns.
Terrain radar: Warns of upcoming terrain.
I also left off: ILS (Instrument Landing System) which is an imaginary line from the end of the runway out that can be intercepted by an aircraft, providing tracking directly to the runway as well as the glide slope (the descent path.)
Basically a chart that can show you at what altitude to fly, and where to turn and descend to get to an airport in conjunction with things like VORs and DMEs (radio beacons, essentially.)
GPS: Duh.
ATC: Air Traffic Control, can send pilots directions based on radar returns.
Terrain radar: Warns of upcoming terrain.
I also left off: ILS (Instrument Landing System) which is an imaginary line from the end of the runway out that can be intercepted by an aircraft, providing tracking directly to the runway as well as the glide slope (the descent path.)
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:49 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
All ot ballers know what those are. I just used those to fly in to work today. 
Posted on 5/4/14 at 7:49 pm to Schwartz
Thank you. I knew what you meant. But the general public on a sports message board does not understand pilot acronyms.
Here is the one for Queenstown
Here is the one for Queenstown
This post was edited on 5/4/14 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 5/4/14 at 8:04 pm to Spankum
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man, that is wild as hell...would be difficult for me to put that much trust in instrumentation...
Makes you appreciate the kind of balls it must have taken to fly before that came on the scene.
Posted on 5/4/14 at 8:14 pm to Breadstick Gun
Looks like landing here. Coming through the clouds is the scariest part. Alaska Air uses NextGen satellite technology in the state
Posted on 5/4/14 at 8:21 pm to ELLSSUU
It looked a lot like that when I flew into Alaska last Thanksgiving
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