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[MD]

Watch it until the end.

http://www.chonday.com/Videos/pilotnewzdalnd1

[Greg Gordon]

Damn, not many things scare me, but that did. Was that an actual published approach? I seriously doubt it, looks like someone invented their own GPS approach. Pretty common back in my Alaska bush pilot days, but I won't be doing that anymore.

Greg

[fedezyl]

Yeah, I was thinking exactly that same thing Greg, even though you have super precise ground mapping nowadays with modern GA glass cockpits, you still don't have the required ground clearance that a proper instrument approach gives you.
We do see these kinds of things a lot here in Indonesia, where they fly with Caravans, mountainous terrain and tropical weather...

[Greg Gordon]

Obviously this pilot has all this worked out, but looking at the terrain, I am sure he didn't have any type of US or ICAO terrain clearances, either this is a very specific approved operator type approach (unlikely) or this guy mapped this out himself. Like you mentioned that's common in certain parts of the world.

Greg

[75evo]

Wow, that is scary!!!! Imagine if the cloud cover is so thick that after 1 minute of descent you are still in it, and you are thinking to yourself, where is the next set of mountains......


BTW Fed, if there exists a flight from Medan to Ipoh, you can get lots of Alfa parts there. They have a big Alfa wrecking yard there called AR Ricambi. They get stuff from Japan, but still have some 1/2 cut 75s. 2 Glenwood cars are there, and a few 116 GTV6 3.0 and 116 GTV6 24V .