cliffy Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 Anyone else hear that Obama tried twice to get into KPSP and had to go missed and go to KRIV instead due to weather? Willing to bet for them it was 1900/3 for mins Cat D VOR approach (VFR in reality) but I haven't checked the weather then The big blue bird couldn't get in on Friday.
Deb Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 Here's a link with audio and animation: http://www.airlive.net/infographic-barack-obamas-last-flight-on-board-af1-fails-to-land/
MB65E Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 Guess the ole'74 and that Hawker for that matter need a 530W onboard!! Would you believe Rockwell Collins wants $60k for WAAS compliance nowadays ?!? Can't imagin what Boing wants!! geez! -Matt
Hank Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 No, I hadn't heard. He don't make the news down this way anymore, now that he's done crying. My CFII was a former Delta pilot, she always said my C had better Nav instruments than the jets she flew . . . 3
Danb Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 hard to believe a gov't airplane transporting the ex-president doesn't have the capability to land when conditions are 900 ovc
201er Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, Danb said: hard to believe a gov't airplane transporting the ex-president doesn't have the capability to land when conditions are 900 ovc Do you really want to be paying EVEN MORE taxes so that the ex-president could have the luxury of having the newest/most expensive new nav capability to land at his chosen airport instead of on the free ILS 38 miles away? 2
Marauder Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 hard to believe a gov't airplane transporting the ex-president doesn't have the capability to land when conditions are 900 ovc You ever look in a government owned vehicle? It is amazing what the "lowest bidder" really means. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 2
kris_adams Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 51 minutes ago, Danb said: hard to believe a gov't airplane transporting the ex-president doesn't have the capability to land when conditions are 900 ovc Wow...So it can't shoot LPV? Not sure why I find that super surprising...The audio link above was interesting to hear. Gave some good ideas for holding waiting for the weather to clear. I've always thought of holding as "punishment" lol. 1
201er Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, Kris_Adams said: Wow...So it can't shoot LPV? Not sure why I find that super surprising...The audio link above was interesting to hear. Gave some good ideas for holding waiting for the weather to clear. I've always thought of holding as "punishment" lol. Not sure about LPV/WAAS capability on that plane. But apparently Palm Springs only offers a single VOR approach or RNP approaches. https://skyvector.com/airport/PSP/Palm-Springs-International-Airport The other jets were going around as well. Look at that terrain! 1
cliffy Posted January 23, 2017 Author Report Posted January 23, 2017 If you look at the RNAV approaches both are RNP approaches (GPS LPVs don't apply) and special approval is required to shoot these approaches. These are very unusual approaches due to nearby terrain. The only thing available was the VOR. Even a Garmin WAAS wouldn't have been useful. These approaches when they were designed it was for an airline going in there and no one else at the time. 1
Danb Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 At least he got to play golf on a golf course with no one else on the course but his group.
mooniac58 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 Don't let this get political people.... 2
flyboy0681 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 Just now, mooniac58 said: Don't let this get political people.... Very last word from me on the subject.
peevee Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 1 hour ago, mooniac58 said: Don't let this get political people.... too late
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Skates97 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 5 hours ago, 201er said: Not sure about LPV/WAAS capability on that plane. But apparently Palm Springs only offers a single VOR approach or RNP approaches. https://skyvector.com/airport/PSP/Palm-Springs-International-Airport The other jets were going around as well. Look at that terrain! Yep, lots of mountains around there. I haven't landed at Palm Springs but did my PPL night XC to Thermal (Jacqueline Cochran) just for the fun of landing below sea level. This was last Saturday, PSP is on the other side of that 10,834' peak off my right wing. To the north of the pass it climbs quickly to 6,500' with the tallest peak at 11,499'.
N201MKTurbo Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 They only have crappy approaches there because the airport is only IFR a couple of hours a year. 3
mccdeuce Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 I fly with 2 encrypted GPS receivers. Very capable machines. But because I control the database and can change things I am not allowed to use it for anything GPS when it comes to IFR. Navigation is strictly SA builders. Has to be VOR/TACAN routing. Bot sure on this partciular AF jet but it is true that most of us fly behind better IFR avionics then military aircraft. But then again my IFR stuff can't do the tactical stuff it was designed for. All comes down to priorities. 1
kris_adams Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 Funny seeing Air Force One (I know not technically AF1) flying a VOR approach with circle to land...
MB65E Posted January 24, 2017 Report Posted January 24, 2017 I heard the tape, why circle a 747 in mountainous terrain, in the scud, with only a 3kt tail wind? Seems like the ROI was mute. Just wondering? -Matt 1
kmyfm20s Posted January 24, 2017 Report Posted January 24, 2017 47 minutes ago, MB65E said: I heard the tape, why circle a 747 in mountainous terrain, in the scud, with only a 3kt tail wind? Seems like the ROI was mute. Just wondering? -Matt Im guessing to have a look from the other direction because there was only a 3 kt tail wind.
cliffy Posted January 24, 2017 Author Report Posted January 24, 2017 Why circle? Because the approach only allows for a circle because it ends at the end of the runway Too steep for a straight in per TERPS
Browncbr1 Posted January 24, 2017 Report Posted January 24, 2017 If a circle to land requires staying inside 1.3nm from the runway, can a 747 even circle inside 1.3nm ?
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