On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 07:32:54 +0700, Harry wrote in message <aanlktikopbzo1-h7qga8nano68gmb4mm07anm8eb3...@mail.gmail.com>:
> Memories, > > heres an old article on we we were doing in the F28s and airfield > surveys, whilst off topic, it may be of interest. > > http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Flying%20Unit%20navaid%20cal%20article%201990.htm > > > Item 8 -- (8) good low speed handling and go-around performance from > very low altitude; > > > This i clearly remember like yesterday, sitting in the jump seat at > the end of a VASI approach test, under full power doing 180 turnback > to 1000 feet, cows beside the airstrip just below us, running in all > directions with their tails wrapped up over their backs. It looked > like we were going to put the wingtip up their backsides. > > We thought it was a hell of a joke, but the farmer I assume was not > impressed. ..saw no farmer in my case, the 2 newspaper readers in the back appeared if anything, _annoyed_ at us 3 headset brats up front, they saw us aim about 50 feet short into a potato field with reverse power, we started our 180 about 50 meters out to the right, I'm not sure about the altitude, may have been 50 meters too, I could not see the 09 threshold of ENSK from seat 1B, the view was _all_ potato field until the aircrew pushed the power levers forward for the round-out and slick-on, I only felt the nose wheel touch and spool up, dry asphalt for all 3 wheels. ..all this for a wee somewhat snotty comment on "slobby ass full- scaler's wasteful use of airspace around airfields" on climb-out from ENAN 29 years ago, TwinOtters are _real_ fun aircraft. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
