Go around? we don't need no steenking go around

[Silvaire]

Lukla Nepal landing

 

[JasonCT]

Wow talk about no room for error!

 

[Greg Bockelman]

Yeah. The Twin Otter on the ramp is well suited for that mission. I don't have any experience with Dornier's to know how it works there, but I think it is a tad tight for it.

 

[flyingmoose]

I loved watching a show about that airport. They said those people have never even seen a car, only airplanes. That gradient is a lot more than it looks like.

 

[LDJones]

You ought to see how tough it is IFR!

 

[Utah-Jay]

That gradient is a lot more than it looks like.

I saw that too, amazing when they got to the top of the (hill) runway

Amazing, and I thought going in and out of St Barts was sporty

 

[Geico266]

I wonder if they have flyin EAA breakfasts?

 

[Henning]

I wonder if they have flyin EAA breakfasts?

Yep, I could just see a gaggle of RVipers coming in for the overhead break.

 

[Jaybird180]

I want to see at much of this blue ball as I can before I check out, but looking at the landscape I can't see any appeal of why I'd want to go there....


Unless it's for the challenge and bragging rights to say I landed on that runway!

 

[Inverted]

Yep, I could just see a gaggle of RVipers coming in for the overhead break.

Hahaha!

 

[Henning]

I want to see at much of this blue ball as I can before I check out, but looking at the landscape I can't see any appeal of why I'd want to go there....


Unless it's for the challenge and bragging rights to say I landed on that runway!

Cheap heroin and Buddah statues, though you have to look for a good one. Nepal is really a beautiful place with very friendly people.

 

[Sac Arrow]

Oh my.

Is it just me, or could that runway have been aligned a tad bit better with respect to terrain?

 

[Henning]

Oh my.

Is it just me, or could that runway have been aligned a tad bit better with respect to terrain?

Winds are more important, besides, it's a perfectly good one way runway.

 

[Jaybird180]

Cheap heroin...

Pass (regardless of price)

...and Buddah statues.

Pass

Nepal is really a beautiful place....

I may get to see on my own maybe not this particular part

...with very friendly people.

I can go for that!

 

[nddons]

You ought to see how tough it is IFR!

Do you think the upper right box of the approach plate says:

MISSED APPROACH: N/A

 

[flhrci]

There would probably be no decision height for and IFR flight. Probably a decision horizontal distance requirement.

David

 

[deeruck]

Do you think the upper right box of the approach plate says:

MISSED APPROACH: N/A

What approach plate?

 

[DavidWhite]

Where's CFI William when you need him? He needs to have a stern talking to with those pilots.

 

[nddons]

What approach plate?

That's part of the joke.

 

[Silvaire]

I spent an hour or two watching a bunch of YouTubes and reading about it. Apparently if you want to climb Everest the first step is a flight from Kathmandu to Lukla. From the videos it sure looks like a busy place but that's probably because everyone waits for the clouds to part and then jumps in. There's an Irish Pub in town and I guess it's the place to live if you're a Sherpa.

Surprisingly, though it's been called the most dangerous airport, in the majority of the crashes there everyone survived - at least according to Wikipedia.

 

[onwards]

That's just... epic. I will never ever complain about landing anywhere again.

 

[JasonCT]

Where's CFI William when you need him? He needs to have a stern talking to with those pilots.

I think the Mooney needs to land here!

 

[3393RP]

The afternoon takeoff serial at Lukla...fun to watch. This jogged my memory about the last time I was in a Twin Otter. Back in 1977! We flew out of Los Alamos, which is a mesa runway and very pretty but not near as spectacular as Lukla.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMiXZqEnSd0

 

[bbchien]

Go around...."improbable"

 

[ClimbnSink]

Doesn't look that hard pilot skill wise, self imposed stress sports it up I guess. Fear causes your worst fears to come true.

 

[Dave Krall CFII]

Lukla's no obstacles & uphill, so no problem, plus free dysentery.
We have much more demanding airstrips in Idaho, even considering typical DAs.

 

[patmike]

how did they get asphalt up there to pave the runway?

 

[RotorAndWing]

Lukla's no obstacles & uphill, so no problem, plus free dysentery.
We have much more demanding airstrips in Idaho, even considering typical DAs.

 

[Henning]

how did they get asphalt up there to pave the runway?

Yaks...

 

[MDeitch1976]

Yaks...

And, Sherpas!

 

[Henning]

And, Sherpas!

LOL, I love watching the Everest expedition shows as the intrepid white climbers brave the mountain while in the back ground the Sherpas are lapping them hauling multiple loads of their gear...barefoot.

 

[Jaybird180]

I spent an hour or two watching a bunch of YouTubes and reading about it. Apparently if you want to climb Everest the first step is a flight from Kathmandu to Lukla. From the videos it sure looks like a busy place but that's probably because everyone waits for the clouds to part and then jumps in. There's an Irish Pub in town and I guess it's the place to live if you're a Sherpa.

Surprisingly, though it's been called the most dangerous airport, in the majority of the crashes there everyone survived - at least according to Wikipedia.

I take back what I said, and I'm not even a mountain climber. But visiting the world's tallest mountain....worth it!

 

[Utah-Jay]

On a perfectly clear morning many years ago while on a flight from Singapore to London I believe, the pilot announced that those on the right side of the aircraft could look out and see Mount Everest. I just happen to have a right side window seat that morning. I can honestly say, it was an amazing sight to say the least, and at FL390 it is not too far below the plane.

It was cool to say the least.

 

[BillTIZ]

Notice all the brake skid marks at th top of the hill?

 

[JasonCT]

 

[Dave Krall CFII]

English a second language? Go ahead and think of the words you're trying to say, then write them down. We'll wait....

 

[RotorAndWing]

English a second language? Go ahead and think of the words you're trying to say, then write them down. We'll wait....

No need, your statement is amusing enough......

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Yaks...

And, Sherpas!

Looks like the Sherpa is more likely.

 

[Dave Krall CFII]

Looks like the Sherpa is more likely.

Now that's amusing!

 

[Dave Krall CFII]

No need, your statement is amusing enough......

Tell us why.

BTW: Would you consider a complete flap failure in a fully loaded twin Otter, while initiating the approach to Lukla, an emergency?