Pakistan Testing Sri Lanka's New International Airport

[Jango]

OK let me add here, The Beach 200 aircraft held with CAA Pakistan is a very special kind of aircraft.

Yup.

AP-CAA
AP-CAB
AP-CAC

The latter 2 were added in 2009 if i remember correctly. AP-CAA has been there since the 80's.

Ahmed Mukhtar used AP-BHD, a Cessna Citation Bravo, from another company for the infamous New Isl airport landing! Definitely not a calibration aircraft.

 

[Jango]

This was a runway calibration flight, unlike the one our beloved defence minister performed!

heres the pic of AP-CAB (purchased in 2009-09), in Sri Lanka.

 

[razgriz19]

Looks like this virus has slowly infected Sri Lanka.

A Beechraft testing a runway for an int'l airport expected to handle 777 category A/C?

Remember how Ahmed Mukhtar did this ploy for the runway of New Isl airport? As if he had conquered Kashmir!!! Absolutely useless ploy just to get some publicity. What does a Beechcraft landing prove exactly? Test equipment my foot.

But good to know that Sri Lanka is making progress on a new Int'l airport.

for your information they even use SUVs to test the runways.

 

[razgriz19]

I am well aware of the various systems installed to assist IFR approach, and associated stuff.

I distinctly remember that when the plane with Ahmed Mukhtar landed at the new Isl airport, it was written that the runway is being tested (as in runway surface). A guy I know who is involved in a capacity with the project, did actually term it as 'shosha' and 'awayin fazool karwayi'.

So if testing the Instrument Landing systems (ILS), it is perfectly understandable. But testing runway surface, it is BS.



You'll be surprised to know what some folks think!!!

http://www.iata.org/iata/RERR-toolk...tion_Assessment_Measurement_and_Reporting.pdf

you should go over this article once, it will hopefully increase your knowledge a little..
theres more to test than just ILS, marker beacon stations, etc

btw im no expert either, i just happened to know a little about this stuff. I have a few general aviation pilot friends