Originally Posted by
sheepless
SCATSA, many years ago, usual Shetland day with a gentle breeze. Carrying out an SRA for the local Islander. Aircraft got to 4 miles and stopped - after repeating the range height etc a couple of times I asked if he was going to stay there all day. Said he would move on shortly but was watching my wife, on the roof of our house, trying to catch a sheet that had departed the washing line.
Came in one morning at Sumburgh, wind calm. During the night, Cyril (Loftus) had opened up for a Loganair Islander. Wind was about 320/50kt so the pilot elected for a 'straight in' over Sumburgh Head rather than being blown towards the hill if he followed the sodiums.
Took him ages; he said even showing 95kt on the clock, the runway was still going away from him!!