Flying Squid to pics • edit-21 day agoÍsafjörður Airport in Icelandimagemessage-square64arrow-up1652arrow-down19file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish31•2 days agoIsafjordur town. It’s like a mile up the road.
minus-squareLogilink2•1 day agoAlong that road out the bottom of the picture around the bottom of the fjord to the town of Ísafjörður which is not far out of view on the left.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 days agoUsually you do a 180 rather than reversing blind.
minus-square@clutchtwopointzerolink1•2 days agoDon’t runways that are set up for the 180 have a bulge at one end?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 day agoDepends on the size of the plane. For bigger jets, yes, but for smaller planes the width of runway you need to do a u-turn is about the same as the width you need to safely land of a gust pushes the plane a bit sideways.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 days agoI thought you were going to say backs up then takes off again
But after you land, where do you go
Isafjordur town. It’s like a mile up the road.
Along that road out the bottom of the picture around the bottom of the fjord to the town of Ísafjörður which is not far out of view on the left.
For a dip
The aircraft backs up using thrust reversers
Usually you do a 180 rather than reversing blind.
Don’t runways that are set up for the 180 have a bulge at one end?
Depends on the size of the plane. For bigger jets, yes, but for smaller planes the width of runway you need to do a u-turn is about the same as the width you need to safely land of a gust pushes the plane a bit sideways.
uwu
I thought you were going to say backs up then takes off again