A few weeks ago,I think I posted about it at the time, but I was travelling with a tailwind and a ground speed of 135 knots,vis was not brilliant and I was not totally sure of my exact position re destination airfield so called for and received help to locate airfield.
What I really wanted to do was have some time to think and check ground to chart etc but felt it was all happening too quickly.
I have since thought what I wanted was to do was lower some or all flap, to reduce speed and improve visibilty from cockpit.
So I would be flying at landing approach speed say 80 knots plus tailwind of 20 giving me a 100 knots downwind and 60 upwind ,and maybe fly a couple of orbits to re-orientate myself.
Would this be an acceptable thing to do?
Lister
