Inflight Entertainment => The missing link => Topic started by: Rooster Cruiser on August 10, 2008, 05:25:34 AM
Title: PC12 T/O and Ldg at Courchevel France
Post by: Rooster Cruiser on August 10, 2008, 05:25:34 AM
This is precisely the kind of airstrip Pilatus designed the PC12 for! ::bow:: |:)\ ::drinking:: Courchevel is a one-way strip nestled in the French Alps. I forget the length of the runway, but it is short! It makes up for the lack of length by having an 18 degree slope... yes, an 18 degree slope!
I have flown PC12's into short, tight strips, but I have yet to fly a PC12 into such a tight strip in a mountainous area. Sure would be fun to try, though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFzP9CRFdWw
Title: Re: PC12 T/O and Ldg at Courchevel France
Post by: Oddball on August 10, 2008, 06:24:33 AM
They filmed a James Bond film there with Peirce Brosnan as 007 i cant remember which on it was now but it had a albatross with "nuclear" weapons on its racks i know that and he took off before a Royal Navy lauched cruise missile blew place up.
Title: Re: PC12 T/O and Ldg at Courchevel France
Post by: Frank N. O. on August 11, 2008, 01:43:43 AM
Wild! And I see I was right since I thought it was the one from the Bond movie too, I have it on DVD actually (it came with the DVD player I bought many years ago together with Dr. No and a magazine DVD about the Bond movies). I heard on the DVD audio commentary that they had some trouble flying the two jets so closely in the winds around the mountains.
