Sunday, April 18, 2010

Photos of Smolensk Air Base: Aircraft Approximately 40 Meters Left of Radio Beacon and Approach Lights



A montage of photos of approach to the runway.



Zone 1 is the first tree that was hit by the president's plane. The tree top is estimated to be 8 meters tall.

The president's plane is approximately 40 meters left of and 1.2 km from the centerline and end of runway.

Zone 2 is the radio beacon.

Zone 5 is the first set of lights on approach that line up to the centerline of the runway.



Radio beacon.



First lights on approach.



Close-up.


h/t smolensk.ws

2 comments:

Alaska Politics said...

Why don't you write about something you know about... like plumbing material at Lowe's?

Unknown said...

I wouldn't know plumbing...

Thanks for making the asinine comment...