Locher Sarentino Airfield Landing Guide

[@MrLage-hn7nf]

Holy cow, what an approach :D I don't know whats worse the approach or the taxi... Great!

[@phillycheesetake]

Pilot: "Father forgive me, for I have sinned." Priest: "What are your sins my son?" Pilot: "I use this church as an approach fix every Sunday morning while flying my turbopr-" Priest: "get out"

[@pschroeter1]

What a beautiful area! Someone should build an airport there some day.

[@f.d.6667]

That was mean - but really funny!

[@pschroeter1]

@@f.d.6667 It was either that or: What a beautiful area! I'll have to take a train and visit it one day.

[@MrPhil-rx4cl]

I think I'll take the bus.

[@ประสาทพรหลุยใจบุญ]

Me too

[@jameschristiansson3137]

I think I'll take a pee.

[@technophant]

I’ll make this my first solo flight

[@TobyMcVinn]

Sketch with those cables!

[@godavis4090]

dangerous and practically insane to land here

[@dennishaughton4554]

Amazing flying wow. Scenery is so beautiful

[@salkdjfasldkfjsdlk]

Wait, ramp. Where is it? Is it behind the bike path?

[@laysy1743]

Woah I thought LKPN with rotors scattered around the field from the ridge when it's blowing northwest and a small rotor on landing that can slam you right into a hangar when it's blowing north is sketchy. A nice bonus is the sloped runway and the trees around most of the field.

[@fricky172]

Hope to fly approaches like this some day, and start right seat PC-12 this coming summer!

[@iannzht]

Like flying inside a spiders web - all that cable stretched everywhere is quite the hazard

[@aeroair4724]

Never seen that many aircraft at locher airfield before

[@Bubi1988]

Just saw this comment and I'm replying a mere 3 years later. You can see the PC-12, the Quest and the C210, the Siai Marchetti is missing as well as the new H125. I personally installed the GTN 650 and the 750 on the PC-12 between October and November 2016 and I've been to the airfield quite a few times!

[@speedbird6122]

The field is in the bottom of a narrow valley surronded with cables, airplanes will land in what looks like a cow field and the parking is also the back parking of a factory Yes that sound perfect to be an airpot ! 😅

[@MuratPALACI]

Killer cables, amazing :)))

[@haroldellis9721]

Why do I get the impression that will feature in a Bond movie?

[@45631063]

Thank you very much for this approach on the Locher airfield in mountainous italy and nice approach in turbopropulsuers thank you super !!!

[@caribbaviator7058]

Going to attempt to land there in Microsoft flight simulator

[@signmanbob3834]

What's that called? A "Cable Approach System" landing

[@darrenfern]

signman Bob It’s fly by wire!

[@davidtaylor5946]

Hats off Darren. Good fun at night?

[@flippert0]

I wonder how often did the killer cables do their deadly work?

[@gta4ever3003]

Wie sieht's eigentlich mit einem Ausflug zum Locher Airfield aus? Bei wem bekomm ich die PPR für 1x Landung und 1x Start?

[@Uncommon_Sense01]

That's awesome! I'd love to fly in here 😁

[@MarcusLeepapi]

What a great crazy landing..Nice...

[@youKnowWho3311]

beautiful approach.

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Jeez, even the taxiway is scary!

[@tangotango168]

really a great pilot

[@Juhujalp]

So what would one need to do to be allowed to land there? I am just interested because this approach looks like a real challenge even to very competent pilots.

[@birdwing98]

Pilatus factory pilots refuse to land at this airport. There are no good options if engine fails. Piston engine use is strictly for the suicidal.

[@apexjailor9349]

@@birdwing98 it’s good that modern pilatus engines aren’t pistons then!

[@Hardsonix]

Seems to be extremely difficult to land on

[@PoontangFunch]

I wanna see him do the ILS approach.

[@Zepherian]

One of the few airports you use more fuel on the taxi UP to the takeoff position than the actual takeoff...

[@johnvohaska]

I would like to land here at night ;).... I wonder if Locher has ever attempted this. A true pilot has inspired me

[@rnordquest]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2KbdoqGi9udg5Y @8:30 it's a twilight approach back to Locher. You should try it IFR with 200' minimums for a real thrill.

[@Straccafreschi]

Beautiful rwy!!!

[@65LB]

Who/waat is Locher Sarentino

[@stevec8363]

Dam those cables are way to fucking close for my comfort zone!

[@lvgeorge]

Any reason why those Cable are not Marked better than they are? I've got to know more about this place!

[@grindlessenior]

must be fun in low cloud !

[@baronvonteuchter1412]

Beautiful! Does Locher have an ICAO Code?

[@blueycaldwell4273]

Of course there would never be any wind to bother from either direction either. YEAH RIGHT. Great pilot to land there.

[@seanpshamrock]

Awesome

[@bretyoung1869]

Very good 👍🏽

[@lebaillidessavoies3889]

Is this factory the reason of that airfield?

[@baronvonteuchter1412]

le bailli des savoies no it’s at the guys house!

[@f.d.6667]

I would guess so...

[@marvelgoh5648]

The taxi is scarier than the approach

[@Dwight511]

Have the cables killed anyone? Just wondering why you call them killer cables xD

[@simoncorporation3]

Seems to be a treacherous aproach, only for a well skilled & familiar pilot.

[@jamesrivis620]

Only a matter of time before a sudden wind or fog.

[@AimanRiahi]

great job

[@Breenild]

How did you filmed this video? Looks like the camera was outside the cabin and looks likes it was not really fixed at the wing

[@darrenfern]

Burkhard Bickmann go pro mounted on an nFlight mount on wingtip...

[@stevenbrucci]

Camera-person sitting on wing.

[@aerofpv2109]

Man & machine are one.

[@ramachandrabhatchowkar1560]

Very interesting

[@kenwilson9372]

Nice collection

[@tonymerlot9305]

I just landed here in Xplane 11!😆 very nice weTher real or a flight simulator scenery!☺

[@7umbberto7]

ciao, domenica prossima passo di lì per un avvicinamento con un C172, posso?

[@lebeauspaceagency2883]

awesome

[@breakthrough99]

I am so scarred of the cables. It is that close.

[@justethical280]

Wow , cables 3, dangerous.

[@dmitrievkirill]

cool

[@Coccoluto]

Pazzesco! qualcuno però mi spiega qual è l'utilità di questa aviosuperficie?

[@namulit]

Playground for the 'high society' maybe?

[@canopypilot01]

Офигеть! Вот до чего доводит дефицит мест с полянами...

[@bluemarshall6180]

How much are this guys Salary?

[@bauTom]

Blue Marshall 70$ a week.

[@mecanictransmision]

Locher airfield is private? Or is s club?

[@darrenfern]

Mario S it’s a private strip available by invitation only. Thanks

[@mecanictransmision]

Darren Fern ...OHHHH! So nice place! And I think the wind is strong when sun is shining up

[@ravigunasekera5760]

I like to come

[@nothsim]

Lol. I love what you call low level. Never flew floats..

[@darrenfern]

Need to avoid pissing off the locals by flying over their church at 100’... And yes I fly floats too!

[@ryanm.191]

All those cables, those close calls with ridges, and the trees at the end of the runway. This runway must have claimed at least a few planes by now. Even if I had a thousand hours as pic I would not want to land here I couldn't see cables 3 until about 3 seconds away, and those trees come on. Who designed this?

[@darrenfern]

Ryan M. The strip belongs to the owner of the factory at the bottom of the valley. Strictly PPR! Very few pilots have landed there and as far, no accidents. Often there is a tailwind that funnels through the bottom entry and accelerated to 20 knots, and bleeding off the altitude is hard. The ground rush towards the steep hill focuses the mind!

[@ryanm.191]

Darren Fern yeah I'd say. Damn, what an airfield. Thanks for the reply

[@laurentd9980]

@@darrenfern : Fritz Jörn (who lives in the area apparently) commented above that cables 3 are gone now... Do you confirm? Just interested as this scenery has been modeled for Flight Simulator 2020 (see this video of a simulated approach: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4vVnGeMjqeJi68) so it would be nice to know for sure in order to make the scenery as accurate as possible :-)

[@darrenfern]

@@laurentd9980 cables 2 have now gone, cables 3 is still there

[@laurentd9980]

@@darrenfern many thanks for your answer , I'll try to report it to the designers of the FS scenery so they can modify it to match reality :-)

[@santimazo4037]

fly by wire be like

[@hrbeta]

I bet that airport would never get certified in the USA.

[@DaviLu]

20 people hit "cables 3"

[@fritzjorn7371]

Cables III are gone now. - A neighbour, [e-mail]

[@Tianablue1]

Jeez, shame they can’t coat those cables in fluorescent yellow or something.

[@AllThingsFlightSim]

Must have been a pretty place before that huge factory was put there,definitely spoils the location

[@bauTom]

David Womacks don’t be a debbie downer...

[@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8]

*You call that an Airfield? The least they could do is Pave it*

[@sethhartz6539]

Escape for Mankind is Keith Johnson If they paved it the planes wouldn't be able to land there.

[@alexaayala8371]

Why's that? Too short and pavement doesn't have enough friction to stop em Seth?

[@rainerzufall689]

Of course it could be paved. But as long as it is not needed who will be paying for it? This is their step towards a CO2-neutral airfield... almost kind of...

[@xevnoc]

Paved? The guy flying it is a pilot, not a button pusher.

[@Galf506]

I think it's because a grass runway allows for harder landings, since grassy ground can absorb some impact, while on concrete you just smash the gears. Given the nature of the airflield (short, inclined, extremely dangerous approach) you really wanna put the plane down fast and hard.

[@staaaajn]

I hope I'll never have to land there

[@bauTom]

staaaajn i confirm: u will never.

[@gaguy1967]

that airfield should be closed

[@TRPGpilot]

Its rather fortunate that you have no say in anything in life other than weather or not to brush your teeth . . .

[@gaguy1967]

@@TRPGpilot youll hit the cable

[@MrDIAMONDCOR]

Sad that humanity puts cables all over the place. Surely they could cross in the same place or even better, why not put them underground or on low suspension bridges?

[@mfbfreak]

Cost. You can dig them into the hard rock, but that is horribly expensive. Why they aren't bundled together more, i don't know,

[@apexjailor9349]

@@mfbfreak they’ve got live electricity I suppose

[@jamesrivis620]

Only a matter of time before a sudden wind or fog.

[@danielhoffmann67]

It's the same thing like with Hong Kong Kai Tak: Everybody is aware how dangerous it is, therefore not much incidents happen. A feeling of being safe is not necessarily safe. Feeling a little bit unsafe and scared can help to be careful and aware of the danger.