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Old 12th Dec 2021, 13:32
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kghjfg
 
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I was trying to get into a 500m strip, which is short for me, but ok for our aircraft.

The approach was over a hill, I’m not used to passing low over a hill on short final before the land drops away to the runway infront, so it was my 3rd attempt (really the first one was just sighting, I wasn’t expecting to land off it) when my passenger suddenly LOUDLY exclaimed

“Down there…. Down there …” urging me to look.

Then said “a steam train!”

the only reply I could come up with was

”yeah, I’m a bit busy at the moment”.

Since that, I’ve briefed about sterile cockpit if I hold my finger up or look particularly busy
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