-- Edited by milo on Sunday 1st of February 2015 08:42:55 PM
Big Gorilla said
07:37 AM Feb 2, 2015
Runway 16 at Wollongong has an operational length of 5968 feet. A 747-400 at minimum landing weight around 6000 ft would be a piece of cake..
Bit below the glide slope there Milo. Might have to leave you with 3 stripes in the right hand seat a bit longer !!
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Monday 2nd of February 2015 10:47:21 AM
Delta18 said
10:21 AM Feb 2, 2015
Good job Milo, you even left a bit of unused runway for the Big Girl to land on later..ha ha.
milo said
12:19 AM Feb 3, 2015
Big Gorilla wrote:
Runway 16 at Wollongong has an operational length of 5968 feet. A 747-400 at minimum landing weight around 6000 ft would be a piece of cake..
Bit below the glide slope there Milo. Might have to leave you with 3 stripes in the right hand seat a bit longer !!
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Monday 2nd of February 2015 10:47:21 AM
glide slope , whats that ??
Big Gorilla said
07:34 AM Feb 3, 2015
The Glide Slope is part of an Instrument Landing System (ILS), but of course Wollongong doesn't have one. It provides descent to the touchdown point on the runway on a descent angle of 3 degrees. I notice on final approach there is a set of lights on the left side of the runway. This is called a T-Vasis and does the same job but visually. You will note the lights are red and the callout is saying "Sink Rate". What that means is you are below the Glide Slope, your approach is too low and too steep. If you were on the Glide Slope, the lights would be white.
Back to the Sim for more practise !!
milo said
01:18 PM Feb 3, 2015
thanks BG,
I read some where with the visuals the T-Vasis, iif memory was right
all white you'll fly all night, all red your dead..
2 red 2 white supposed to be the aim ..
I'll get there eventually, I want to get a proper yoke, like the saitek ones...
its hard with a joystick..
They are going to land a 747 at the Wollongong airport , which is only a small airport in NSW
will be interesting to see the approach!
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2015/01/30/4171125.htm?site=illawarra
this is me landing a 737 at wollongong...
-- Edited by milo on Sunday 1st of February 2015 08:42:55 PM
Runway 16 at Wollongong has an operational length of 5968 feet. A 747-400 at minimum landing weight around 6000 ft would be a piece of cake..
Bit below the glide slope there Milo. Might have to leave you with 3 stripes in the right hand seat a bit longer !!
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Monday 2nd of February 2015 10:47:21 AM
Good job Milo, you even left a bit of unused runway for the Big Girl to land on later..ha ha.
glide slope , whats that ??
The Glide Slope is part of an Instrument Landing System (ILS), but of course Wollongong doesn't have one. It provides descent to the touchdown point on the runway on a descent angle of 3 degrees. I notice on final approach there is a set of lights on the left side of the runway. This is called a T-Vasis and does the same job but visually. You will note the lights are red and the callout is saying "Sink Rate". What that means is you are below the Glide Slope, your approach is too low and too steep. If you were on the Glide Slope, the lights would be white.
Back to the Sim for more practise !!
I read some where with the visuals the T-Vasis, iif memory was right
all white you'll fly all night, all red your dead..
2 red 2 white supposed to be the aim ..
I'll get there eventually, I want to get a proper yoke, like the saitek ones...
its hard with a joystick..
eventually I want to do something like this
www.youtube.com/watch
The Youtube video shows HIAL (High Intensity Approach Lighting). It's used in cases of poor visibility and usually in conjunction with ILS.
I misnamed the Vasis on your B737 approach. It's a 2 or 3 bar, not T-Vasis. This is an example.
T-Vasis is most common in Australia and looks like this: