> That's nothing. In the inflight guide for Alaska there are a couple of
> airfields along the panhandle that are gravel in box canyons. You land going
> into the canyon and leave going out of the canyon. There are bold warnings
> that read something like "The probability of a successful missed approach is
> unlikely".
>
> There was an Alaskan ANG C-130E that made a missed approach in one of
> these. They missed the lip of the box canyon wall by about 20 feet. Nobody
> survived.
Ah, yes. The infamous Sparrevohn LRRS. Upslope on the runway is almost
5 degrees.
AG
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