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Old 1st Oct 2015, 05:52
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Schnowzer
 
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Looked alright to me. Nice stable approach, slightly late taking the drift off but safe landing in the right place. It always amazes me how wrapped up some people get about expecting perfection in relatively unusual circumstances. Yep, I reckon I do at most 2 or 3 landings a year with a serious crosswind (outside of the sim).

I never look at the localiser below minima, the instrument outside the window always seems much more interesting. I know the manuals say reference the localiser but personally I always drift a tad upwind on short final to try and put the main wheels down on the centreline but that is only because the bogey on the big bus is so wide. It is not SOP but it makes me feel more comfortable. The outer downwind wheel is 7 m from the centreline without wind so maybe 15m away at max crosswind. Any drift downwind puts it quite close to the edge on a 45m runway and I remember from board games it is critical to keep the dice on the IPS.
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