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Message started by JayG on Feb 21st, 2011 at 5:11pm

Title: Re: Lou - STORIES
Post by LOU on Dec 17th, 2014 at 4:08pm
A while back in this long thread we had a discussion about the VOR approach to RW 13 L/R at KJFK. There was a Just Flight fix to show the CRI approach lead-in lights which looked like the real thing if you set the visibility to 2 or 3 miles, which was the norm when flying this approach.

This past summer my wife and I made our second trip to Iceland. It is a truly wonderful country with 100% literacy and where 80% of the people believe in trolls.  :o

During our visit we did a bit of flying to some of the North East cities and flew into the beautiful city of Akureyri (BIAR). This is a town at the end of a fjord. Landing south is over water, but landing to the north is over some fairly high mountains. This approach to the north is great fun in one of the CS planes like the 727, 737 or the 757. Either old school or glass, it is a busy approach.

Here is a link to the approach plate:http://is.scumari.com/info/aproach.htm 

As you can see there is an offset LOC which keeps you clear of the hills on both sides of the valley. This makes for an interesting approach which is not anywhere near as hard as Isafjordur airport (BIIS) in the remote West Fjords.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS349US350&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=isafadour+iceland+approach

I tried this approach to Akureyri in both FSX and P3D and it's fun. If you happen to have 3rd party Iceland scenery you will experience the curved lead-in lights which take you from the offset LOC and line you up with the runway. Try it with a low ceiling and low visibility to make it more realistic.

Have fun!
Lou

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