red750 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 From Yahoo.com/travel: Despite its daunting appearance, no accidents have ever occurred at the Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport on the beautiful Caribbean island of Saba. Photo:Wikipedia/Commons Matekane Air Strip, Lothoso, South Africa With a minuscule 400 metre runway that shoots off a 600 metre cliff, forget trying to land here, it’s the take-off that is extreme! Dependent on high winds to help the plane take-off by the end of the strip, planes usually have to endure a drop down the cliff face until they become air born… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Huge pucker factor, driving it off a cliff to get airspeed,,,crazy,,,,but I'd like to try it :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spin Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Bear in mind that Matekane is also at around 8,000' amsl, enough to make any non turbo aircraft feel a wee bit lethargic:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Bear in mind that Matekane is also at around 8,000' amsl, enough to make any non turbo aircraft feel a wee bit lethargic:eek: Yeh! Well that explains dropping off the edge to get it flying :-) I guess the third bounce is a holyyyyyyyyyyyssssshshhhhhiiiiiiitttttttt,,,,,,,ggggooooiiiinnnnngggg aaaarrr,,,,,,,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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