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Courchevel
Posted: 04 Jan 2010, 12:36
by nigelb
Perched high in the French Alps with a steep sloping runway, this airport offers a real challenge to pilots. I found this link with some interesting videos of various small aircraft landing and taking off.
http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/1 ... ourchevel/
Why the didn't employ the flatten command when they built that airport, I'll never know.
Nigel²
Re: Courchevel
Posted: 04 Jan 2010, 12:56
by Garry Russell
Dunno Nigel
They seem to clear the weather before landing
Re: Courchevel
Posted: 04 Jan 2010, 14:38
by airboatr
nigelb wrote:
Why the didn't employ the flatten command when they built that airport, I'll never know.
Nigel²
it's
Mostly flat
besides... the command tools for flattening it any more hadn't been invented when the airport was built.
btw , thats one of my favorites Altiports, when ever I need a good hard simming .... I pick CVF ......
did you know they had a skijump there on the snowfront ... but they closed it due to
safety concerns
Re: Courchevel
Posted: 04 Jan 2010, 16:44
by cstorey
Air Tyrol used to operate Dash 7s into and out of Courcheval . On take off , the Captain would open nos 2 and 3 to full power, and then release the brakes. V1 was on brake release, i.e. the moment you released you were committed , and at 50 kts IAS the First Officer would open nos 1 and 4 to full power. Below 50kts there was insufficient rudder authority to counter a swing if an outboard engine cut , hence this very hairy procedure