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First video is from inside the aircraft; second video is external view of the aircraft in flight.
1 posted on 02/25/2019 10:19:37 PM PST by blueplum
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If you've been to Gibraltar, you'll know it's a very interesting runway there.

The plane literally crosses the street..


2 posted on 02/25/2019 10:22:25 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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“First you say it, then you do it.”


3 posted on 02/25/2019 10:22:58 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Learning To Fly
https://youtu.be/s5BJXwNeKsQ


4 posted on 02/25/2019 10:23:01 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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Wow I need a geography lesson as I don’t know where that is but praise God for their safety. I panic even hitting the slightest turbulence and visibly pray. LoL I remember when a kind passenger sitting next to me offered me Xanax. We ended up talking rest of flight. Good for our nerves.


5 posted on 02/25/2019 10:28:10 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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Other than an aborted landing attempt in a DC-9 in Oklahoma years ago, the most tossed I’ve ever been on approach was in an Airbus a319 coming into Denver - I think the new airport.

I don’t know if that’s normal or not, for that area. But if I had to go there again in an Airbus a319 I’m not sure I’d do it. I don’t know how many of them are still flying these days, though.


7 posted on 02/25/2019 10:53:50 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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The only time I can relax during a flight is a cruise altitude. The rest is white-knuckle. The cross winds were so bad at Portland PDX once that I was surprised the tires didn’t explode on landing.


13 posted on 02/26/2019 1:19:32 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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I remember landing in Wellington, New Zealand a couple of years back flying in from Auckland and Wellington is notorious for approaches like this. I had watched every YouTube video to prepare myself for it but until we touched down I was clinging to my arm rests and praying. One of my scariest ever.


16 posted on 02/26/2019 1:55:20 AM PST by libh8er
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This headline reminds me of the story of the 747 that,soon after having flown through volcanic ash,had all 4 of its engines quit.The story said that as the plane was gliding with no power there were people kneeling in the aisles praying.

They finally got the engines going again.

22 posted on 02/26/2019 5:56:17 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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During the approach on my first arrival at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport (which was closed years ago) I did some praying.I hadn't heard of Kai Tak or "The Kai Tak Heart Attack".

Anyone with free time should check youtube...lots of videos that give some idea of how unnerving it could be...particularly for first timers.

23 posted on 02/26/2019 6:00:30 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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Does this aircraft have a reputation for stability issues? That looks very odd, not just turbulence, like it’s on the verge of uncontrollable yaw. Wouldn’t take much to roll it completely over from the looks of that.


31 posted on 02/26/2019 12:31:46 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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