Most Challenging Visual Approach?
#31
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These are all cool but since this is a United thread and because we consider Mexico and Central America “domestic “ around here I’ll throw in TGU. By far, and I maintain currency on EGE/BOG/JAC/GUA as well but,TGU is hands down the most challenging of what we do on the 737.
1000%!!!! Saw it once on a check out, spent the rest of my 737 days avoiding it. No thank you.
#32
1L/R SFO, lots of fun, even ok for wide bodies. Just look out the window and fly the plane....oh....sorry...
10L/R SFO, watching the international carriers try to land.
Channel visual 8L HNL. Not really hairy, but fun to watch when sitting holding short 8L for takeoff.
4 stacks to 15 in BUR. When properly flown, you get the GPWS on the hill. Some spectacular sights on the way down, impressive out the L side windows.
10L/R SFO, watching the international carriers try to land.
Channel visual 8L HNL. Not really hairy, but fun to watch when sitting holding short 8L for takeoff.
4 stacks to 15 in BUR. When properly flown, you get the GPWS on the hill. Some spectacular sights on the way down, impressive out the L side windows.
#35
It’s a straight in from over the ocean! Only tough because it usually follows an 8-hour flight and it’s very windy. With the hills on both sides of the runway, the breeze typically dies in the last 200 feet, resulting in a firm TD. Followed shortly after by Super Bock, steak on a rock, and Portuguese wine.
One of my favorite places in the world.
One of my favorite places in the world.
#37
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flew into TGU once in the 727, they faxed us the charts to our hotel the night before ( non sched fun ) , we came over that ridge , looked deep into that bowl and beheld a tiny runway, made it in, after a lot of prayer, laced with profanity, ignoring sink rate, sink rate, and the hill that seemed to be close enough to touch on our banking, descending finals, called the chiefy afterwards and said it probably would not be a good idea to send anymore crews down here, just saying, he took our advice. Domestically, Aspen in my wee jet, and the Canarsie approach to 13L over my old sod at my beloved JFK , Cheers .
#38
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I have also heard great things about the Kai-Tak Heart Attack on the old Rope Starts and 400s into the old Hong Kong airport. Apparently it could only be flown by first officers, since it required an insane right turn at a low altitude going base to final. Don't know how true that is, but those are the stories I have heard.
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