River Approach Toward PAVD Runway 06 Can Be Beautiful and Fun

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

 

Exciting river approach toward runway 06 of PAVD Valdez Airport three nautical miles east of the business district of Valdez, Alaska can be pure beautiful and fun as you get to fly 3,000 ft above river THROUGH between mountains on way to runway 06!!

 

Descending to 3,000 above waters of Valdez Narrows river

 

 

Navigating above river through between mountains can be beautiful and EXCITING

 

 

On final runway approach above waters of Port Valdez toward runway 06

 

 

 

 

DARN THE STRONG ALASKAN WINDS making me land right wheel first before left wheel

 

 

Left wheel gliding down to make runway contact

 

 

Front wheels on ground to complete the touchdown!!

 

 

Exiting from runway toward gate

 

 

Arriving at passenger apron

 

 

To understand and see how DC-7 land on right wheel first before left wheel like I did in that flight, look at the other DC-7's landing:

 

 

Thank you for viewing.

 

Regards,

 

Aharon

Very nice pics and aircraft. For me, not ever having been to Alaska, this was very interesting! Looks plenty cold though!

 

Thanks for sharing! - Rick :cool:

Precision landing! And crosswind! Art of piloting

Another great flight. You do quite well with the landings. When I was looking at your DC-7 I was thinking about an episode of Ice Pilots on the Weather Channel. Buffalo Airways flies a DC-6 for cargo. That one particular episode the right gear got partially stuck in the wheel well. They couldn't get it all the way up or down. They flew back from an ice strip to Yellow Knife. The senior pilot (who was to retire in a couple months) took the controls and tried everything to get that gear to come down. Nothing worked. Long story short, they landed with just the nose and left gear down. So your adventure kind of reminded me of that.

Crisp and colorful as usual Aharon. Very nicely done. :cool: :cool: :cool:

It's easy to be "blinded by the light" (your beacons) in some of your shots but they are all beautiful. Nice landing. Jim

Great bird, great pics Aharon! :cool::cool::cool:

Nice shots and an adventurous trip!

Thanks all for very kind words.

 

DavidStraka, Glad that my screenshots remind you of what you saw on tv.

 

Regards,

 

Aharon

Outstanding set of images Aharon! :)