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Well personally I would just land at landholm and give the tower a ring on the phone then when they say right go for it fly through and land and go to the hangar.
Forget pissing about with transponders etc apart from keep your mode C turned on incase someone is coming in for a cheeky visual from the south. Fly to landholm at 700-850ft agl and you will be sorted.
And as everyone knows all position reports in Orkney must be done relative to twatt.
And HD getting a landing clearance by phone is not unheard of up north. "When you turn finals I will ring twice and thats your landing clearance then taxi back to the hangar" all while you hear eastenders music in the background. Nearest known traffic in the air is on approach in ABZ 200 miles away.
And if "whats ya wx loon" "****e mate" "aye but is it do able" "I said ****e not minging, hurry up I want ma newspaper with ma breakfast" works I suspect piper's way of doing it will work as well.
Forget pissing about with transponders etc apart from keep your mode C turned on incase someone is coming in for a cheeky visual from the south. Fly to landholm at 700-850ft agl and you will be sorted.
And as everyone knows all position reports in Orkney must be done relative to twatt.
And HD getting a landing clearance by phone is not unheard of up north. "When you turn finals I will ring twice and thats your landing clearance then taxi back to the hangar" all while you hear eastenders music in the background. Nearest known traffic in the air is on approach in ABZ 200 miles away.
And if "whats ya wx loon" "****e mate" "aye but is it do able" "I said ****e not minging, hurry up I want ma newspaper with ma breakfast" works I suspect piper's way of doing it will work as well.
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Bagby any good? Not been there. Just looked at the web thing and it says something along the lines of 'local traffic may land downwind' which sounds a bit scary. Do you have two circuits going on at once?
We have a sloping runway. We tend to land uphill if the tailwind is 10kts or less. The slope quickly devours the excess groundspeed.
Likewise, it's common for aircraft to take off downhill if the tailwind is light.
We still get visitors who struggle to get their heads round this and insist on landing or taking off into wind regardless. I've seen them 4 up and full fuel take an uphill departure because it gives them a three or four knot h/wind.
It's often entertaining to watch.
Likewise, it's common for aircraft to take off downhill if the tailwind is light.
We still get visitors who struggle to get their heads round this and insist on landing or taking off into wind regardless. I've seen them 4 up and full fuel take an uphill departure because it gives them a three or four knot h/wind.
It's often entertaining to watch.
