Today's visitors Entry posted by sussexlogs August 7, 2019 2696 views Share More sharing options... Followers 1 The house is the background 20190807_123815.mp4
Cpd 758 Posted August 7, 2019 Bloody hell!..... looks kinda like a sharp turn to come onto the landing strip....... that or they are just really good at it. Either way makes for a good show. Link to comment
Jeremy Harris 5456 Posted August 7, 2019 Bit like the dog-leg approach to 26 at Popham. You get used to it (eventually...). Link to comment
ProDave 8402 Posted August 7, 2019 Okay, as a non pilot I have to ask. why take that approach? Would it have been to risky / too steep decent to take a straight approach over the trees? Link to comment
sussexlogs 134 Posted August 7, 2019 I think to risky and to steep in the strong winds Link to comment
joe90 4712 Posted August 7, 2019 Gosh, looks a little narrow down by the farm, not much room for error (if you get the first bit right ?). Link to comment
Jeremy Harris 5456 Posted August 7, 2019 1 hour ago, ProDave said: Okay, as a non pilot I have to ask. why take that approach? Would it have been to risky / too steep decent to take a straight approach over the trees? It's all about speed. Light aeroplanes don't have brakes in the air, so speed is proportional to approach angle. The landing speed (especially for a taildragger like the Chippy) has to be nailed accurately on the approach, and pretty much the only way you can bleed off a bit of speed and height is to side slip (as the Chippy does in that approach). That's really only for a bit of fine tuning, though, it won't get rid of the sort of speed that you'll get if the approach is too steep. 2 Link to comment
Gone West 1596 Posted August 11, 2019 Nice and peaceful there then . I guess the sheep farmer doesn't mind. Link to comment
Jeremy Harris 5456 Posted August 11, 2019 Just now, PeterStarck said: Nice and peaceful there then . I guess the sheep farmer doesn't mind. I spent a week flying from a field near to @AnonymousBosch a few years ago. The field was full of sheep and they much preferred grazing on the shorter grass on the strip. They'd learned over time to wander off to the side of the strip whenever anyone was landing or taking off. The only exception I can recall is the strip's famous "jumping sheep", that allegedly leapt up and hit the wing strut of a friend's aeroplane... 1 Link to comment
jack 2186 Posted August 22, 2019 On 07/08/2019 at 17:08, JSHarris said: Bit like the dog-leg approach to 26 at Popham. You get used to it (eventually...). I've had control of a Beagle Pup coming in on this approach to Popham. We did a circuit out to the coast near the Isle of Wight and back, with me at the controls nearly the whole way. It's literally the only time I've ever had control of a powered aircraft. The pilot was very good at giving instructions, and took control later than I'd have been brave enough to do with such an inexperienced co-pilot. That said, 10 years later and I haven't been invited out for another flight - maybe I didn't do as good a job as I'd thought! Link to comment
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