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Old 12th Jan 2005, 22:36
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Landing downwind is no problem....have done thousands of them...a few intentionally. The planned ones always seemed to work out much better than the impromptu version. Tail wag on the impromptu method seems to be common but missing on the planned. Torque consumption seems to increase on the downwind landing vice into to wind variants of the technique.

Torque deviations always seem to be more prevalent when doing faster...flatter approaches rather than the steeper, slower approaches.

From my experience flying offshore with pilots from both sides of the green pond....our Gomer buddies faint at steep approaches whereas our tea drinking compadres panic at Gomer style flat approaches.

Wonder why there is such variation in making a landing to an elevated deck in the same type aircraft such as the Bell 212?

Lets add one more myth....QFE altimeter settings are more accurate than QNH altimeter settings. Particularly for use around and aerodrome (think airport for you Rednecks out there).
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