Originally Posted by
Vanguardsman
vctenderness (p 2) remembers kippers in the flightdeck out of Aberdeen.but perhaps they were Smokies that we would get on the way to the airport for an early service to London from a warehouse at the docks. They came in boxes weighing a stone.
I had my first Command in the early '70s on Viscounts at Glasgow and only a week or two after being cleared of training found myself flying a visual circuit for r/w 18 at Benbecula at 450 feet and clearly remember seeing the engines nodding gently in the turbulence. One turned finals when the beach was crossed and followed it until out of the murk appeared the runway.
I found there was a clearly defined point after the flare with 85% flap when the aircraft started to sink. If 100% flap was selected at that point the ground effect gave a gentle touchdown every time.
I was probably your FO at some time.
Yes the old VC8 was good for 'imaginative' approaches
