Approach & Landing @ Tegucigalpa-Toncontin, the challenging South RNAV 02

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I am back at simming after a busy exam filled school month. I wanted to try live streaming for once and chose a route I always wanted to try someday, Panama City to Toncontin.

I am not posting the full live stream because I did show some personal information (there was only 1 viewer and I don’t think he even noticed).

Instead, I am coming back with my favorite series, approach and landing with a smooth time lapse in 4K. I added sound from an actual 737-700 approach.

I didn’t think I’d make it at first try, in all honesty the alternate route was already in my FPL. I forced a bit on the landing but overall it was a nice experience, would recommend.

See you later :^)

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i tried landing it following rnav 02 but it ordered me to turn early, i’ll attempt to try the approach but manually approach the plane in by using the mountains as a guide then making that bank turn for toncontin

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Unfortunately replay doesn’t show but I deactivated AP early on because the curve wasn’t curvy enough for me. And I couldn’t see the runway until I got really close.

You have to trust your guts on this one

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That Toncontin RWY 2 approach you did was ok, it took me over 10 tries to master that approach

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I pretty much yoloed my way into a final, making a hard landing right after.
I will definitely fly it again soon

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i’ll be trying again rn b4 i fly from panama with copa airlines. mhtg has atc today i believe so i’ll be flying there and hoping it’s not too busy

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Same thing, I will be practicing that Tegucigalpa approach after I have landed so that by 7:15 AM, I will start my final flight on American Airlines Flight 961 KMIA-MHTG on the Airbus A320

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i’ll be looking to fly to klax from klas b4 i go to mhtg

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Thank you so much for sharing this! I really appreciate that people share more about this fantastic approach. I was doing this earlier and it was a really challenging approach, hopefully more people try it!

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it’s harder than paro for me. i landed paro first time

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It’s not so busy right now and on approach zero winds (whether that’s a blessing or not for some of you) but I have no doubt it will get much busier in the next few hours.
Saw you @Kaven practicing earlier

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hey there i landed at toncontin, i was a little high so i smacked the plane down but was perfect on approach i ended up bouncing in the air but still got down safely. i could of touched down later but i was worried i wouldn’t stop

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Well congratulations, I am enroute to Toncontin right now. I should be there between 10:45 AM and 11:00 AM. I hope I can nail that RWY 2 Toncontin approach because if I fail, I will go around and try that approach again. I have practiced that Toncontin approach yesterday and this morning and I was no pissed off when @tjb0709 had already left cuz it was almost 8:00 AM and @tjb0709 and I were supposed to leave at 7:30 AM for our flight to Toncontin. Maybe for my flight to St. Maarten I will fly back to Miami as a connecting stop with the American B757-200 and then proceed to St. Maarten with the B737-800

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good luck with that, i suggest with toncontin is that once you hit 7000 msl disengage autopilot and manually fly the plane in. stick close to the mountains and slowly turn b4 banking the plane in. if i was lower i probably would never had the plane bounce back up in the air.

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I’ve landed there, reasonably happy with the landing (if slightly long)

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Today is definitely the day to try this approach, I’m flying there again. This time I am flying a TBM so the approach should be sportier ;^)

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