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Boeing 737 Landing in Samedan

March 23, 2008 - Pilot Reports No Comments →

Do you remember Samedan Airport (LSZS) ? It’s the higher airport in Europe (altiports excluded), at 5′600 ft. It’s located in eastern Switzerland, close to St-Moritz. There are no IFR approaches, but the runway is plenty long, and wealthy people often land their with business jets.
Even with small planes, the landing there is a bit […]

YouTube Picks - Series 1

January 04, 2008 - Video Gallery No Comments →

YouTube is full of aviation videos. Search for “Landing”, “Take-Off” or “Airplane” and you will find thousands of results. I made my own selection which I share with you in this post. This selection of ten videos covers various things like ILS approaches to the minimums in fog, mountain landings, a […]

When a Plane becomes an Angel

November 22, 2007 - Pilots Talk No Comments →

I already published posts about plane spotters, and about the good surprise that can sometimes be found on the homepage of www.airliners.net photo database.
While opening airliners looking for a particular plane, I’ve been happily surprised by a spectacular picture of a Gulfstream landing in Samedan. This picture has been taken by Florian Trojer, who made […]