What is your method for landing on the bump at EGCC 24R?
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What is your method for landing on the bump at EGCC 24R?
I like to try and flatten the bump. But the bump keeps winning.
Do you pretend the bump doesn`t exist?
or,
Try to land beyond it?
or,
land before it?
or,
Like me, try and hit the damn thing ever time??
Do you pretend the bump doesn`t exist?
or,
Try to land beyond it?
or,
land before it?
or,
Like me, try and hit the damn thing ever time??
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The so-called 'hump' on runway 24R at MAN seems to have more than a few in a tizzy.
LAND the friggin' aeroplane, and ignore the surface irregularities, fer chris sakes.
It ain't rocket science.
LAND the friggin' aeroplane, and ignore the surface irregularities, fer chris sakes.
It ain't rocket science.
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411A
Have you ever tried to land at Manch? Thought so
Looking out of the [Tower] window in various wind/wx conditions, I can tell you "It ain't Chuffin' easy"....and I've been watching and wartching.....for 30 years
I've seen quite a few "greasers"......about 1%.....95% "great" .. and the rest, well perhaps
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watp,iktch
Have you ever tried to land at Manch? Thought so
Looking out of the [Tower] window in various wind/wx conditions, I can tell you "It ain't Chuffin' easy"....and I've been watching and wartching.....for 30 years
I've seen quite a few "greasers"......about 1%.....95% "great" .. and the rest, well perhaps
you were PIC
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The Trident, plus reverse in the air, would not fly past the bump.
The 757 and 767 with luck just on top, but if you have not touched down by then...... just a low fly past followed by an arrival!
The 757 and 767 with luck just on top, but if you have not touched down by then...... just a low fly past followed by an arrival!
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....which the TriStar did just fine, thank you very much.
Nothing but the best....Lockheed does it right.
Oh yeah...for Chiglet.
Is about two hundred manual landings (on 24R) enough for you?
TriStar equipment...of course.
Nothing but the best for yours truly...to be sure.
Nothing but the best....Lockheed does it right.
Oh yeah...for Chiglet.
Is about two hundred manual landings (on 24R) enough for you?
TriStar equipment...of course.
Nothing but the best for yours truly...to be sure.
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Allow me to demonstrate...Late'ish flare. and let the slope come up to you, remembering to look well towards the end of the runway. Guaranteed and foolproof method.....always works for me.....BANG!.....well usually.
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I can't believe after all these years that nobody knows the real reason for the bump at Man! It is controlled by the tower. If you are nice to him/her on finals he/she hits the "bump deflate" button, you get a greaser and if your not he/she hits the inflate button. Guess we are all guilty of being pretty nasty with our calls on short finals.
Source: A rather attractive girl who said she worked at MAN tower but I must admit to the story being told very late at night and yes there was plenty of alcohol involved. Still she was so god damn hot I would have believed anything she whispered in my ear.
Source: A rather attractive girl who said she worked at MAN tower but I must admit to the story being told very late at night and yes there was plenty of alcohol involved. Still she was so god damn hot I would have believed anything she whispered in my ear.
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Quidnunc and 411A do make valid points, even if some of us seem to want to have a foolproof method of always greasing it on.
Right flare, right speed, in the right place is what you should aim for on EVERY runway. It all comes down to aircraft type, so any 'pearls' of wisdom given generally on here could prove incorrect for a particular type.
Sure I've 'bumped' it on in the 75/76 a few times (erhum!), but usually it is down to me not getting one of the three factors mentioned above correct. Then, a hump is less forgiving than a nice flat piece of tarmac.
So my advice would be to concentrate on perfecting the technique in your Flight Crew Training Manual and that taught by your training department. The bigwigs have done all the calculations so that if you use the correct technique and account for the prevailing conditions, the runway should be adequate.
PP
Right flare, right speed, in the right place is what you should aim for on EVERY runway. It all comes down to aircraft type, so any 'pearls' of wisdom given generally on here could prove incorrect for a particular type.
Sure I've 'bumped' it on in the 75/76 a few times (erhum!), but usually it is down to me not getting one of the three factors mentioned above correct. Then, a hump is less forgiving than a nice flat piece of tarmac.
So my advice would be to concentrate on perfecting the technique in your Flight Crew Training Manual and that taught by your training department. The bigwigs have done all the calculations so that if you use the correct technique and account for the prevailing conditions, the runway should be adequate.
PP