VERY Short Approach
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: Canada
Sigh....
I find it sad that a not very well flown tight approach (lots of fiddling with the power, noticeably uncoordinated at one point and excessive float in the flare) is deemed "special" enough to be noteworthy......
I find it sad that a not very well flown tight approach (lots of fiddling with the power, noticeably uncoordinated at one point and excessive float in the flare) is deemed "special" enough to be noteworthy......
Joined: Mar 2014
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From: The World
Could somebody explain the hype? In my eyes this is NOT a short approach, as they travel really quite a distance, but it is a very, very low approach and of a kind of stuff serious accidents are made off. Turning final that low was definitely not necessary and I hope this was no training session, because this is definitely NOTHING one should teach. Real short approaches go from 1000ft AGL at 0.3miles sideways downwind threshold in one turn down ...
Joined: Sep 2003
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From: South Norfolk, England
There's nothing wrong with steep turns close to the ground if properly flown ... Far far better than under banked, over ruddered ones!
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PS Nothing much in that video is very noteworthy IMHO
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PS Nothing much in that video is very noteworthy IMHO
Joined: Oct 2010
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From: USA
'Short Approach' is terminology frequently used by US ATC to mean turning base early, before reaching a 45 degree angle to the threshold. Neither party in this ATC exchange thought it had anything to do with the touchdown point, and both understood the common meaning.
Its the opposite of 'I'll call your base'
The runway they landed on sees a 737 every few minutes so its good to get ATC's concurrence for a 'short approach'
Its the opposite of 'I'll call your base'
The runway they landed on sees a 737 every few minutes so its good to get ATC's concurrence for a 'short approach'
