For All You Full-Scale Pilots!

[Robert Zambelli]

Trust your instruments!

   http://www.chonday.com/Videos/pilotnewzdalnd1

   Bob Z.

[FLOYD CARTER]

Problem is;  all the instruments in my plane were in German.  Since I never learned the language, I mostly ignored the instruments.

Floyd

[roger gebhart]

Nice approach. Hope those mountains were further than they looked. His statement is correct. Sometimes you see things that leave you in awe. Hard to share or explain. Just had to be there.  thanks Bob
 

[david beazley]

There's rocks in them clouds.

[peabody]

Looks cold

[john e. holliday]

I have seen this video several times and it is amazing that the pilot puts it all on the instruments.   But, have you seen the videos of the fighter jocks flying at night through the mountains at speed using only instruments for guidance.

[Mike Keville]

Kind of scary.  Glad I wasn't on board.

[Matt Colan]

Flew an instrument cross country last year and shot of my three approaches down to minimums. It truly is amazing where you end up following the glideslope; it's the path taking you home!

[John Rist]

Kind of scary.  Glad I wasn't on board.

Hay I want to be on board   ---- they made it!!!!   

[Steve Thomas]

Nice approach. Hope those mountains were further than they looked.

No, they're not.    This is made possible by RNP(AR) approaches, which use GPS integrated into the aircraft's nav system and let you do things that would never be possible with conventional navaids.  I'll try to attach a screenshot of the approach chart - it shows just how close the terrain is, and that with RNP 0.1 (basically lateral containment within 0.1nm), the approach gets you down to only 400' AGL.

Steve

[Paul Smith]

Here's my last real flight.  Colorado, USA.  Flying up to 12,000 feet among twenty-eight 14,000' mountains.  The principle instrument is a piece of yarn stiuck to the nose.

[Tom Niebuhr]

I have also seen this video before. There is nothing more satisfying than shooting an approach at minimums and breaking out seeing the christmas tree and  the runway.

[Dave Rolley]

Reminds me of an ILS/DME approach into Missoula MT more than 30 years ago.  Cold December night, clear and moonlit above the cloud layer.  Broke out just before the DH.  As I recall, the DH was about 3,000' above the airport.  The airport sits in a river valley surrounded by mountains.

It was beautiful above the clouds. It was a wonderful site when we broke out below the clouds with the runway lights before us.

Dave

[Will Hinton]

Most posting here will understand this comment:  "Kill the rabbit!"

[jim gevay]

I've seen that video a few times before, it's a good one, and the scenery is great too.