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VulcanB2
 Post subject: Nagasaki to Kai Tak
PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:48 am 
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Hi,

After some 3 1/2 hours of flying, Norforce and myself successfully arrive (just) at Kai Tak! 8) 8) An excellent flight, made even greater by the fact that I was trying to navigate with one eye closed and the other trying to be. :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Nagasaki to Kai Tak
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Great stuff. Kai Tak is (actually was) a great airport. Did you take the circling approach past the checkerboard sign? I need to try this in the 377 :)

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 Post subject: Re: Nagasaki to Kai Tak
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Yes it's the only way to fly into this airport :-)

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Unless of course, you get extremely lucky with your wind directions!!

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 Post subject: Re: Nagasaki to Kai Tak
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Norforce wrote:
Yes it's the only way to fly into this airport :-)


Unless you came in on RWY 31. I wonder if there was a published approach for this runway? FlyTampa's scenery has a displaced threshold, strobes and even ILS hold short markers for 31. I'll have to look into this :)



EDIT: I just checked. There was.

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 Post subject: Re: Nagasaki to Kai Tak
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I wonder if there was a published approach for this runway?

Yes there was.

Both ends were useable for both landing and takeoff, though RW13 was preferred, and you nearly always (99.999%) had a tail wind coming down the IGS.

There are three anemometers measuring the winds, and they are all considered. Often, they were in conflict due to the terrain and buildings, so the anemometer at the far end out on the corner in the sea was used. Windshear was normal.

http://hk.vatsea.net/airports/VHHX_ALL.pdf

http://s784.photobucket.com/albums/yy12 ... %20Charts/

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Robin,

Thanks for posting those links. Everything you could ask for is there.

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looking at the tail art of the A2A flagship livery, I'm just happy that the 'A' in A2A isn't pointy.

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bigjuicyspider wrote:
looking at the tail art of the A2A flagship livery, I'm just happy that the 'A' in A2A isn't pointy.


:mrgreen:

Oh, Vulcan, what plates did you use for the IGS approach, or did you visually follow into the airport by heading towards the checkerboard?

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