Flying Squid@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-29 hours agoÍsafjörður Airport in Icelandlemmy.worldimagemessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1630arrow-down18file-text
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minus-squareLogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours agoAlong that road out the bottom of the picture around the bottom of the fjord to the town of Ísafjörður which is not far out of view on the left.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·23 hours agoIsafjordur town. It’s like a mile up the road.
minus-squareclutchtwopointzero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·22 hours agoThe aircraft backs up using thrust reversers
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 hours agoUsually you do a 180 rather than reversing blind.
minus-squareclutchtwopointzero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoDon’t runways that are set up for the 180 have a bulge at one end?
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·18 hours agoDepends on the size of the plane. For bigger jets, yes, but for smaller planes the width of runway you need to do a u-turn is about the same as the width you need to safely land of a gust pushes the plane a bit sideways.
minus-squareNeatoBuildslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoI thought you were going to say backs up then takes off again
But after you land, where do you go
Along that road out the bottom of the picture around the bottom of the fjord to the town of Ísafjörður which is not far out of view on the left.
Isafjordur town. It’s like a mile up the road.
For a dip
The aircraft backs up using thrust reversers
Usually you do a 180 rather than reversing blind.
Don’t runways that are set up for the 180 have a bulge at one end?
uwu
Depends on the size of the plane. For bigger jets, yes, but for smaller planes the width of runway you need to do a u-turn is about the same as the width you need to safely land of a gust pushes the plane a bit sideways.
I thought you were going to say backs up then takes off again