Nice Approach

[Amish RakeFight]

Egads! My hands are sweating from watching that video!!!

 

[NuGuy]

It was kind of a joke. Charlie West is one of those places that makes landing interesting. Definitely not anything close to that place, though.

Heyas,

Agreed. Charlie-west isn't one of those places where you'd want to under or over shoot.

For those who've never been there, CRW is built on the top of two mountains. They sheared the top off the hills and used the rock to fill in a bit between them. All the runways and taxiways have a shear drop off. If you landed short, you'd go splat into the side of the mountain, and if you went long, you'd do a balisitic arc into the ground WAAAYY below.

Very weird place to land at night. And the only airport I'd ever been to that had curbs on all the taxiways.

Nu

 

[idoitupsidedown]

Heyas,

Agreed. Charlie-west isn't one of those places where you'd want to under or over shoot.

For those who've never been there, CRW is built on the top of two mountains. They sheared the top off the hills and used the rock to fill in a bit between them. All the runways and taxiways have a shear drop off. If you landed short, you'd go splat into the side of the mountain, and if you went long, you'd do a balisitic arc into the ground WAAAYY below.

Very weird place to land at night. And the only airport I'd ever been to that had curbs on all the taxiways.

Nu

I wouldn't quite call them mountains

 

[FADECtoBLACK]

Assault landings in a 757... doesn't get much better than that.

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

I wouldn't quite call them mountains

They all look the same when you're about to crash into them,

hehehe

 

[PositiveRate]

The 500' and 100' calls respectively say it all on that approach...that is wild!

 

[Flybet3]

Holy crap!

That is among the best cockpit videos I've ever seen. You've got to have some brass cajones to fly an approach like that.

I like how the touchdown was so hard, the j/ser almost dropped the camera, lol.

pretty sweet huh? if any of you ever get e chance to fly into Guatemala city do it (as a passanger) it kind funny to see pax reactions to full reverse end full breaks

 

[gatorbird]

It looks like that's what you need to do to be able to stop. Please if you ever fly down there, or Guatemala city do me a favor and stay on the glideslope all the way down the runway. Then call me and let me know if you stopped before the end of the runway.

Been into GUA (MGGT) twice this week and saw no need to slip in under the glideslope. Just don't float (1.4 percent downslope after the touchdown zone) and you'll be fine. Medium autobrakes had us clearing at midfield.

The departure off of 19 has some pucker-factor, though...yank the gear up and watch the earth end underneath you! The active volcano (complete with lava) is a nice touch to remind you you're not in Ohio...

gator

 

[Flybet3]

Been into GUA (MGGT) twice this week and saw no need to slip in under the glideslope. Just don't float (1.4 percent downslope after the touchdown zone) and you'll be fine. Medium autobrakes had us clearing at midfield.

The departure off of 19 has some pucker-factor, though...yank the gear up and watch the earth end underneath you! The active volcano (complete with lava) is a nice touch to remind you you're not in Ohio...

gator

HAHAHAA! I know what you mean, the last i flew in there on American (as a pax) the pilot really got on the breaks! I literally had to keep my self from going forward, it was in the B757. It was fun. Good thing that volcano didnt "burp" while you were taking off. LOL

 

[Shaheen]

Wow.

On top of everything else, he totally side loaded the landing.

Huh.

You need to 'jump-seat' in a bigger jet and then you would know why what seems to be a 'side-loaded' touchdown is actually quite normal.

 

[Flybet3]

If you are talking about VOR/DME 19 at Guatemala City then yeah been there - done that AND on GS. Not a problem.

Kewl, I've never flow in my self, only as a pax. I never get tired of the view there. All the volcanos, cliffs, greens.

 

[Flybet3]

Try it in a real airplane.

LOL! HAHAHA

 

[Shrek]

Try it in a real airplane.

LOL.........I guess boxes don't bit*h because they are in a "real" airplane. I will keep that in mind. Anybody who cares what airplane they are in needs to get a job a wife a kid or a life......your pick.

 

[CaptainJaguar]

Kewl, I've never flow in my self, only as a pax. I never get tired of the view there. All the volcanos, cliffs, greens.

Been to Guatemala a few times. I tell you what, it's one place that can get dangerous in IMC. But tegucigalpa? That place is always a challenge.

 

[Oakum_Boy]

Huh.

You need to 'jump-seat' in a bigger jet and then you would know why what seems to be a 'side-loaded' touchdown is actually quite normal.

It didn't seem to be side loaded, it was side loaded.

 

[Dubya]

I flew in to San Pedro Sulas, Honduras then drove on the road from there to Tegucigalpa......i'll take that approach into Tegus over the drive from San Pedro any day...trust me.

W

 

[RJP]

Very nice! I promise not to b*tch how bad the approach into JHM is next time it's gusting to 30. It just won't feel the same after seeing these vids.

 

[DrProc]

LOL.........I guess boxes don't bit*h because they are in a "real" airplane. I will keep that in mind. Anybody who cares what airplane they are in needs to get a job a wife a kid or a life......your pick.

All I am saying, go into Guatemala City in an DC-8, and your opinion on how easy it is may change. An -8 is just a tad more difficult to fly than an Airbus, just a tad.