World's Challenging Approaches -3 |NZQN|02-09-2017|16:00Z

[IAHM-COL]

over the ocean, but already kinda nervous

[SHM]

[IAHM-COL]

Triangulation anyone??

[IAHM-COL]

@SM. Wrong time of day

[SHM]

[IAHM-COL]

Thanks SM for organizing

IH-COL

[V12]

Fighter escort has landed :



Crazy weather :



Old Lady 707 (Adam) is landing :







Czechoslovak Airlines on visit at Queenstown :



Thank You for perfect event.

[IAHM-COL]

@SM

Here you have it:


TRACKER by IH-COL YSSY-NZQN, Fokker 100

I am guilty of my landing failure. I modify the spring coefficients of the gear trying to make it able to taxi, but I caused ridiculous bounciness, the plane does not stick to the rwy. Has massive springs instead of gear

But nonetheless, see image above as a demostration of a good VOR-DME C approaching.

[SHM]

Thanks to all pilots for participating. It was a fun event albeit the low vis at Queenstown.
Looking forward to the next leg.

@IAHM-COL Yep, really nice app. Sad about that gear issue. You put it right on the TDZ, and at perfect speed. So, I would count that as a pass

Here is mine.

[KL-666]

One of the announcing posts said this:

Details on the App

Approach to be attempted : VOR-DME C Approach
http://www.aip.net.nz/pdf/NZQN_43.1_43.2.pdf

A Video on the approach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sInOI0HqCQ

It says "A Video on the approach". In that film the descent is made through the 260 degrees valley. So i was convinced that that is what was wanted, and i did so.

The descent through the valley was all the way through a thick overcast of clouds, with even at 4000 feet no visibility at all. So i could choose not to land, or quickly switch to fair weather just before the runway. I did the second.

Kind regards, Vincent