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19-JUN-2014

Short final Latacunga

Short final Latacunga, Ecuador. Taken from the jumpseat while flying into this very tricky airport high in the Andes mountains. Terrain all around us and because of the high elevation of the airport (9000ft above sealevel) the true airspeed is very high, resulting in enormous turnradius in between the mountains, high rate of descent on final and hot brakes after landing on this short runway.

Nikon D800
1/40s f/3.2 at 17.0mm iso320 full exif

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mart senior02-Mar-2015 22:18
fantastic image
Paolo Flores17-Jan-2015 09:47
And the runway looks quite short too! What is the actual true airspeed compared to what it would be at sea level?
joseantonio21-Jul-2014 17:26
Very nice perspective...V.
Rick Bricker04-Jul-2014 04:29
Great narrative on this perspective...so not sure if you enjoy the challenge of landing here or would be happy to not?
V
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