Smoke Stacks at Ramstein - RWY 27

[Bremspropeller]

Hey guys,

I think those smoke stacks are a bit of a stretch in that area:

Crashing into that water-tower in a non precision approach in fog will at least provide for some instant fire-suppression...

 

On a more serious note, I doubt those stacks are meeting TERPS-criteria, so they should be removed or be replaced by less tall stacks.

[Northstar98]

Agreed and IRL there's nothing on either approach path that looks like what's here.

In satellite imagery, the only vertical obstructions I can find in the immediate are here, here, here and here. Which is pretty well backed up by a 1993/1994 tactical pilotage chart of the area:

And is also fairly consistent with era-appropriate approach plates.

Edited July 5 by Northstar98
Embedding images properly