Hong Kong - High speed

Descent and landing in Hong Kong on a beautiful afternoon. 30 minutes are condensed into 3 and a half which makes for a very nice effect I find.

Please excuse the very very stupid autofocus on the camera. I shall replace it as soon as I can.

S.

A really visual approach

Captain E's visual approach to Kota Kinabalu, over the hills. First 30ish seconds are accelerated - we weren't really going 400kts so close to the ground.

Filmed a few days before I went on leave.

Macau

Still not in a mood conducive to writing material appropriate for this blog, so to keep you busy here is a video of my arrival and departure at Macau (VMMC) on a foggy day. I have accelerated some of the less interesting parts of the video such as approach through cloud and long long taxi segments.

S.

Kinabalu Landing

Taken a few months ago on a decidedly un-tropical day. Unfortunately the rain somewhat confuses the camera, and the battery runs out during the landing roll, but I'm quite proud of the touch-down and the cloud busting is fun.

S.

Taipei Landing

I flew the post-inaugural flight to Taipei on Saturday. The route was launched the previous day with the Chief Pilot of the base flying the company's newest A320 for the occasion. We got a slightly-less-new A320 and set off for what still felt a bit like a pioneering expedition.

The only noteworthy occurrence was ATC's relative ignorance of our callsign. They came up with some very interesting variations...

A video of the final approach in slightly hazy conditions. Taipei has one of the bumpiest runways I have ever landed on.

S.