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Old 20th Mar 2010, 05:46
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mad_jock
 
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Sorry I could find any light aircraft video of gusty approaches

Towards the end on approach you can see that he proberly has about 15 knts of xwind So the winds proberly about 35G45 at altitude. Dropping down to 20G30 at landing. The reason why I know his speed is stable ( Apart from he is a TRE) is because there is no attitude changes down approach. He just sits there playing with the gusts, letting the aircraft do the work. Gets it down kicks off the drift and doesn't float, no fannying around try to stop it drifting to the side or nose bobbing up and down trying to choose the moment to put the wheels down which is indicative of being to fast.

He will have chopped the put down so as not to scare young children
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