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Old 6th Nov 2021, 08:46
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Ollie Onion
 
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For sure they were a bit high and landed long, but given the trees around the runway I would have rather landed long than fallen short into the trees. What I find most interesting is in every part of the video and description the Instructor is referred to as ‘The Female Pilot’. End of the day it was a good job.

Personally whenever I have practiced forced landings and for one I did for real from the downwind I always start with my aiming point in the middle of the available strip that way I can bring it back with a bit of side slip or if I am a bit low I know I have a bit of margin. I have seen the result of someone falling short into trees so at this airfield As I say I would have preferred to be long. Perhaps we could argue that a bit of side slip towards the end may have increased the safety margin but it may have also been a case of at 300’ the assessment was that they would comfortably stop.

Have a look at the airfield data here: http://www.airnav.com/airport/3n6

lot’s of mentions of tree obstacles.
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