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American Airlines 757 landing at Tegucigalpa
I'm sure Preacher would have liked this video, with his favorite plane performing a difficult landing. (www.youtube.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
That video has been on YouTube for several years. This is nothing new.
Very true.... But it is sure a great reminder and the love of Preacher.... I don't know if you really knew him, but he was a Great Man and a Great Pilot for Many Many Years with lots of experience. It was not posted as new material and I do not think that Flight Aware posted it in the Morning News as such... But rather a remembrance of a great and respected member of these forums. Be sure to note the text below the title: "I'm sure Preacher would have liked this video, with his favorite plane performing a difficult landing"
Myself and many others remember him well.... If you do not check out this thread: https://flightaware.com/squawks/view/1/1_year/new/51683/Preacher1_gets_his_wings it may explain a lot about the respect that he had here and still does.
RIP Preacher my dear friend, Will certainly see you again at FL Angels Unlimted
Myself and many others remember him well.... If you do not check out this thread: https://flightaware.com/squawks/view/1/1_year/new/51683/Preacher1_gets_his_wings it may explain a lot about the respect that he had here and still does.
RIP Preacher my dear friend, Will certainly see you again at FL Angels Unlimted
You are right. That is absolutely an awesome landing!
TO DANGER AIRPORT ,, https://youtu.be/tIc9Ii6Q_xE
The Corrupt governments of Honduras don't give a dam about this dangerous airport. Many accidents have happened there. Airlines should say "forget it, we are not flying there anymore" maybe, just maybe they will build one in a safer place. That's corruption for you at its best.!!!!
They could be using LIR in Costa Rica. New terminal, going to double runway in 2018. Maybe they're just waiting because they hate Tegucigalpa.
There was some talk abt using Soto Cano Air Base years ago but that went away. From Wikipedia:
In 1990 Honduran President Rafael Leonardo Callejas decreed that commercial cargo flights were authorized to operate from Soto Cano. In 2008 President Manuel Zelaya announced that commercial flights would begin at Palmerola within a period of 60 days, after a crash at Toncontín International Airport which resulted in 5 deaths was blamed on the runway being too short at Toncontín. Following an investigation into the incident, Pilot error was found to be the main cause. The military was placed in charge of building a civilian air terminal with funding from the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (enabled by emergency decrees). This however was cancelled after Zelaya was removed from office on June 28, 2009 in the 2009 Honduran coup d'état. The airport authority and the government of Honduras resumed airport relocation talks in April 2011 and announced that work on the new Palmerola airport would start by the fall of 2011 after years of efforts to replace Toncontín International with an airport at Palmerola in Comayagua where the Soto Cano Air Base is located. However, in a September 25, 2011 update, President Lobo stated officials were still "evaluating the pros and cons" of constructing the new airport. This comes three years after former President Manuel Zelaya had announced that all commercial flights would be transferred to Soto Cano Air Base; however, work on the new terminal at Soto Cano was then cancelled after Zelaya was removed from office on 28 June 2009 in the 2009 Honduran coup d'état. Upon realization of the Palmerola airport, commercial flights to and from Toncontín would continue to operate but would be limited to small aircraft and charter flights.
In 1990 Honduran President Rafael Leonardo Callejas decreed that commercial cargo flights were authorized to operate from Soto Cano. In 2008 President Manuel Zelaya announced that commercial flights would begin at Palmerola within a period of 60 days, after a crash at Toncontín International Airport which resulted in 5 deaths was blamed on the runway being too short at Toncontín. Following an investigation into the incident, Pilot error was found to be the main cause. The military was placed in charge of building a civilian air terminal with funding from the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (enabled by emergency decrees). This however was cancelled after Zelaya was removed from office on June 28, 2009 in the 2009 Honduran coup d'état. The airport authority and the government of Honduras resumed airport relocation talks in April 2011 and announced that work on the new Palmerola airport would start by the fall of 2011 after years of efforts to replace Toncontín International with an airport at Palmerola in Comayagua where the Soto Cano Air Base is located. However, in a September 25, 2011 update, President Lobo stated officials were still "evaluating the pros and cons" of constructing the new airport. This comes three years after former President Manuel Zelaya had announced that all commercial flights would be transferred to Soto Cano Air Base; however, work on the new terminal at Soto Cano was then cancelled after Zelaya was removed from office on 28 June 2009 in the 2009 Honduran coup d'état. Upon realization of the Palmerola airport, commercial flights to and from Toncontín would continue to operate but would be limited to small aircraft and charter flights.