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Now this is a short runway!!

Guys, I saw this picture of Courchevel airport in the French Alps. I had no idea how short (1722 feet) and steep this runway was! Not only that, but it's one way in (uphill) and one way out (downhill). Watch that first drop. Gulp!! :eek::eek: This airport is served by a four engine Dash 7 50 passenger turboprop in the winter.

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-ph.../3/1221388.jpg

I think that this was the runway used in Tomorrow Never Dies.

I'm betting there's a few pieces of plane in the hill at the arrival end and the canyon floor off of the departure end. Absolutely insane.

http://www.rudigreyling.com/pictures/rv_forum/747.jpg

http://w1.901.telia.com/~u90121659/b...final_SBH2.jpg

or how about

http://www.travelandleisure.com/imag...-200804-ss.jpg

Matekane Air Strip Lesotho

Who Flies There: Charities delivering aid, and the occasional bush pilot. Why It’s Harrowing: Because of the diminutive 1,312-foot-long runway perched at the edge of a couloir at 7,550 feet, becoming airborne at the end of the tarmac is virtually impossible. Instead, you drop down the face of a 2,000-foot cliff until you start flying. Says bush pilot Tom Claytor, "The rule in the mountains is that it is better to take off downwind and downhill than into wind and uphill, because in Lesotho, the hills will usually out-climb you. It's a little bit hard to do the first time."

http://www.travelandleisure.com/imag...-200804-ss.jpg

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport Saba, Netherlands Antilles

Who Flies There: Windward Islands Airways (Winair). Why It’s Harrowing: Perched on a precipitous gale-battered peninsula on the island’s northeastern corner, the airport requires pilots to tackle blustery trade winds, occasional spindrift, and their own uneasy constitutions as they maneuver in for a perfect landing (there’s no margin for error) on a runway that’s just 1,300 feet long. "Shorting this means ending up in the cliffs," says one pilot matter-of-factly, "while overshooting it means an uncomfortable go-around. Either way, you’ll want to bring the Dramamine."

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Originally Posted by slodave (Post 3930240)

I think that this was the runway used in Tomorrow Never Dies.

I think you mean Goldeneye, but there is small chance I am mistaken.

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Originally Posted by gprsh924 (Post 3930287)

I think you mean Goldeneye, but there is small chance I am mistaken.

I have the entire collection, I checked ;).

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Originally Posted by slodave (Post 3930318)

I have the entire collection, I checked ;).

I just did some more googling and you are correct...my mistake.

Good god. I'd pucker my bung trying to set a small helo down on a postage stamp like that! I can't imagine actually trying to set down an airplane on a tiny ramp with no room for error. Wow.

Dan

The one in Aspen does not show that its in the middle of a valley with 14,000 foot mountains around much of the airport area. Its tight and not for the un-experienced. Several planes have crashed there but many of them due to stoopid pilot error.

None of those sound too short to me (of course the wind would present a challenge at some of those places on some days)....Of course I fly small taildraggers into a friend's 1600' strip quite often.

Perfect runway for a Dash 7....may be a bit too long...

I lived in Lesotho for a year, and I've flown into and out of that airstrip. There are all kinds of challenges up in those mountains.

JP

I think I can get my dad's BMW up to 150 on that. Let you know tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by bivenator (Post 3930863)

I think I can get my dad's BMW up to 150 on that. Let you know tomorrow.

Your dad's? I thought it was yours - wtf?

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Originally Posted by bivenator (Post 3930864)

I think I can get my dad's BMW up to 150 on that. Let you know tomorrow.

Can I get a ride? Bet you can't push it to 155!!! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNFNFZq2BFY

Clip of a guy landing a Baron there and he just about slams it into the runway at threshold, OBTW no going around, get it right the first time or SOL.