Long Live The Heron

[Tee Emm]

Flew Herons with Connair in 1979 based in Darwin

The photo of the Connellan Herons reminded me of their nickname of Connellans Canary Coloured Coon Carriers. But that was in another era of course before political correctness came into being. In those days the Company Operations Manual gave directions on how to do a crosswind landing in the Heron. The instructions were more complicated than doing a cat 3 ILS with two out on one side. From memory the following information was under the heading Crosswind Landings
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1.At the round-out kick straight with rudder and plant it on the ground.
2. If the kick straight is made too late and the aircraft lands with drift use bursts of power on outboard engines combined with rudder to make the aircraft align with runway.
3. If kick straight is made too early while aircraft is floating and aircraft starts to drift off the centreline, fly back towards centreline then try kicking straight again while holding off closer to the ground. Use differential engine power to help keeping straight. Once on the ground use power from either outboard engine to aid directional control on the ground. Avoid using differential braking.

I don't recall any advice to go around.