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Subject: | Re: FW: Landing in New Zealand |
In Whistler British Columbia when I was flying helicopter medevac we had to
fly below the mountain tops at night from Vancouver to Whistler.
We used 3 GPS for assurance we were in the middle of the valley.
Tom
former 680FLP (Mr.RPM)
ATP helicopter
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 3:42 PM, John Vormbaum <john@vormbaum.com> wrote:
> Bill, you=99ve done the kind of flying I NEVER aspire to do :-). I
=99m plenty
> happy swimming around in the shallows of the mini-mountain-waves of the
> Sierra Nevada mountains here in California, and getting my 1-3 hours of
> actual IMC time each year
>
> That being said, there was more than one occasion when I was a young 500B
> owner that I might have ended up in a bad spot were it not for the tutela
ge
> of Morris.
>
> Cheers,
>
> /J
>
> On Apr 20, 2016, at 3:30 PM, William J Hamilton <
> wjrhamilton@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> Folks,
> This is an example of the capability of modern GPS based navigation
> systems.
> The aircraft (for NZ CAA approval to be gained) must be certified to
> Required Navigational Performance (RNP) 0.1, meaning track keeping to +/-
> 0.1 NM., plus the necessary precision vertical guidance, to accuracy clos
e
> to a G/S.
> Qantas Airways Ltd and Air New Zealand separately developed their
> proprietary procedures and crew training necessary for their operations,
> and it had been hugely beneficial both for arrival and departure
> reliability, for departure it has also enabled a B737-800 to lift a
> considerably greater payload, making Queenstown direct to a greater range
> of Australian destinations possible.
> Queenstown is the main entry point to the NZ ski-fields.
> The whole of the south island of NZ has some truly spectacular flying,
> but if you go there, get well briefed by the locals, there are always som
e
> equally spectacular turbulence and mountain waves.
> Coming from Wanaka to Wellington on one occasion, with a good friend of
> mine who has spent his flying life in these mountains, in the 500A, we sa
t
> in the upside of a rotor for over an hour, FL 130, cruising "top of the
> green", with only a trickle of power on to keep the CHT up --- great way
to
> keep the NAMP down --- particularly at NZ avgas prices.
> Commonly coming over the hills into Christchurch (B747-400) I have found
> myself with approach flap, gear down, engines at idle, and climbing 2000
> fpm.
> In the B767, there were days when I would overfly NZCH and descend over
> the sea, such was the turbulence in the lee-waves.
> Their are number of airfields in China where RNP (Lhasa, Tibet, for one
)
> has made the previously impossible, possible. Have a look on YouTube.
> Cheers,
> Bill Hamilton
>
>
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> Commander-List: FW: Landing in New Zealand
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> LANDING IN NEW ZEALAND..
>
>
> Known as the land of the long white cloud, if you fly into New Zealand
> you could well encounter this scenario. Hold on to your seat. This is
> spectacular. One wonders why the airline industry doesn't have a live
> video feed from the aircraft's nose streamed into the cabin in order to
> amuse and bedazzle their weary travellers. *Most of the new Generation
> Aircraft , in the last 10 yrs or so Do have Cameras, connected to feed
> Cabin, for PTVs ( Personal TVs on Seats )or the cabin Supervisor does put
> it on the Main screens during Takeoff and Landings ! ! Its been there for
> some Time ! *This is the descent into Queenstown, New Zealand . Notice
> the mountain range he is flying toward. It must take great faith in your
> instruments to pilot an approach like this but the rush must be amazing.
>
>
> *Cockpit view **l**anding through thick cloud*
> <http://www.chonday.com/Videos/pilotnewzdalnd1>
>
>
> (Please open to Full Screen)
>
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