Thread: Flight Patterns
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Old 03-23-2005, 01:08 PM
benzboy87 benzboy87 is offline
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KaiTak was the worst - the approach was, in my opinion, downright dangerous. They called it the "checkerboard approach". There was a giant "checkerboard" on the hillside that pilots would use on a visual approach. I have seen several widebodies "crab" on the runway.

In another previous thread someone mentioned how a plane used sideslip until the gear made contact with the runway - don't know if this was intentional or not. Glider pilots use this technique a lot to bleed off speed.
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