On Wed, 9 Jul 2014 10:09:50 +0100, PilotJedi
<PilotJedi.e02ee50@aviationbanter.com> wrote:
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>Today military aircraft are trained to land not only on smooth tarmac,
>but also on grass or even on sandy beaches. here is one training
>exercise in Pembrey Sands Air Weapons Range. The beach is long and when
>the tide is out very wide it is ideal for Natural Surface Landings
>(NSL). So a Lockheed C-130J Hercules C.5 can easily land. The ground
>control team marks out the runway with day-glo orange banners. A
>rectangle of four banners is approximately 100 yards by 60 yards
>indicating the touchdown point. Three fire engines and support vehicles
>were positioned at the mid-point (something which probably wouldn't
>exist in a real mission). It required 5 approaches with the last one
>being successful for the C-130 to land.
>
>Full album he http://tinyurl.com/narelg3
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>[image: http://www.targeta.co.uk/images/133_2011w8.jpg]
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>[image: http://www.targeta.co.uk/images/133_2016w8.jpg]
Beaches, schmeaches!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-poc38C84
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