"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
11/05/2013 at 11:43 • Filed to: PLANELOPNIK, AIRPORTS
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"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
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But IMO they missed a few. Courchevel Airport has to be in the top ten. And I can't recall the name, but in the Himalayas there is an airport way up a box canyon. Once the plane enters the canyon it is too narrow to turn around and too high to fly out of for the small planes that use the runway. It is the closest airport to Everest so a lot of expeditions use it to save themselves a 5 day hike with their gear. And yes, I remember a year or two ago Jalopnik did a QOTD about this and came up with a pretty similar list. Here is !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and a photo of the ice strip on Antarctica.
And here is a photo of Courchevel Airport from !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! which did not make the Yahoo list. It is literally on the side of a mountain and right in the middle of a ski resort. That is a groomed run looping around the runway and ski tracks to the left of it.
The man in the iron mask
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
11/05/2013 at 11:46 |
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I think this is the scariest airport.
you need to nail it with the tension cable when landing,
and if you fail, need to have enough throttle to lift up and try a second time.
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The man in the iron mask
> The man in the iron mask
11/05/2013 at 12:15 |
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no edit option, i must add the sea moves the entire ship and its oscilating up and down.
Jayhawk Jake
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
11/05/2013 at 13:08 |
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Lukla is the one in the Himalayas
Just looked through that list, weak at best. Lukla, Courcheval, Paro, St Barts...all are better choices.
bkempert
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
11/05/2013 at 14:24 |
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The old airport in Tigucigalpa, Honduras before they extended the runway was terrifying. Also, the runway drops off into a crowded city if you overshoot it.
Can't believe it was left off. Even after the extension it is nothing to laugh at.
deadpedal
> The man in the iron mask
11/05/2013 at 15:41 |
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Seriously.
The only plus is that it can be rotated so you're landing/taking off into the wind. Other than that...