No, you can’t fly your final approach lower than this.
Gilze Rijen is one of those famous airports where planes flew very low final approaches.
After the U.S. F-4E Phantom about to touch down on spotters heads in June 1984, here’s another ultra low final approach at Gilze-Rijen, this time by a Royal Netherlands Air Force NF-5A.
Taken in Winter 1987 by Jan Klijs, the photo depicts a Dutch Tiger flying with the 316 Sqn, about to land at Gilze Rijen.
The aircraft touched down short of runway 28 but the fence was low and the aircraft wasn’t damaged too much.
Just a close call for both the pilot and anyone in the vicinity.
David Cenciotti is a freelance journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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…..But it’s sure a WIDE runway!!!!!
Crazy…
guy on bicycle not being bothered….
No its not a guy, its a lucky woman