Welcome to Locher
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 9:06 amThis excellent freeware addon was recently released and it is fantastic! Forget Saba, forget Courchevel, forget St. Barths, forget Lukla. THIS is a real challenge!
Located in the Italian Dolomites, 9NM from Bolzano, Locher airfield it is squeezed in a valley with powerlines, trees, a church and of course: mountains on the approach. Going around is not possible, so you better do it right the first time. It is privately owned and the owner owns a Pilatus PC-12, a Pocket Rocket (which is a home-build VLA with a 450HP Allison Turbine engine, because you need power if you want to take off here) and an Aviat Husyky A-1C STOL aircraft.
Anyways, I dragged the Carenado PC-12 out of the hangar to get a little feeling on how the owner of this incredible airfield must feel!
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Just a view of the airfield in all of it's craziness
The approach and departure path
The climbing already starts at the ramp
But the climbing it doesn't stop there...
Literally looking down the "runway"
We need full throttle and 2/3 of flaps to get out of here
But it can be done!
Barely clearing the trees and powerlines just behind the "threshold"
Climbing through the valley, clearing another set of powerlines
Now we're safe. Well sort of, there are still mountains on both sides
Climbing to cruising altitude, in the distance lays the city of Bolzano
You can download this scenery here:
https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=201206
And a video how the approach is flown in real life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43OXzp40Y
I hope you enjoyed these pics! They will probably be the last P3D V3.4 screenshots you'll see from me, as I will be upgrading to V4 very soon!
Located in the Italian Dolomites, 9NM from Bolzano, Locher airfield it is squeezed in a valley with powerlines, trees, a church and of course: mountains on the approach. Going around is not possible, so you better do it right the first time. It is privately owned and the owner owns a Pilatus PC-12, a Pocket Rocket (which is a home-build VLA with a 450HP Allison Turbine engine, because you need power if you want to take off here) and an Aviat Husyky A-1C STOL aircraft.
Anyways, I dragged the Carenado PC-12 out of the hangar to get a little feeling on how the owner of this incredible airfield must feel!
Loading up
Just a view of the airfield in all of it's craziness
The approach and departure path
The climbing already starts at the ramp
But the climbing it doesn't stop there...
Literally looking down the "runway"
We need full throttle and 2/3 of flaps to get out of here
But it can be done!
Barely clearing the trees and powerlines just behind the "threshold"
Climbing through the valley, clearing another set of powerlines
Now we're safe. Well sort of, there are still mountains on both sides
Climbing to cruising altitude, in the distance lays the city of Bolzano
You can download this scenery here:
https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=201206
And a video how the approach is flown in real life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43OXzp40Y
I hope you enjoyed these pics! They will probably be the last P3D V3.4 screenshots you'll see from me, as I will be upgrading to V4 very soon!