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Old 25th Jun 2012, 21:16
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Shaggy Sheep Driver
 
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Land appropriately for the point you wish to vacate the runway. At Liverpool, for instance, a light aircaft should (on 27) usually vacate at Foxtrot which means you need to slowed (without brake!) to easily do that. On a grass farm strip, the distance touchdown to vacate may be much shorter, so touchdown point and speed at touchdown should reflect that.

Land on 09 at Liverpool, however, you may cause unneccesarry delay if you land down at the 09 end when you need to vacate up at the other end near the GA apron, so you land very long so you are well positioned to make the appropriate turn off.

This is all very basic pilot skill stuff and I hope most reading this will be thinking 'grandma, eggs, suck'. But it seems from the forgoing that not all will!

Needless to say, PAPIs and 3 degree approaches are completly innappropriate for light VFR ops. As are bomber circuits, but that's another gripe!

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