Landings & Takeoffs At Birmingham (UK) Regional Airport

Vic41 · Guru

Landings & Takeoffs At Birmingham (UK) Regional Airport

Big Gorilla · Guru

The maximum cross wind component for take off and landing for a "Heavy" jet is 30 knots.

This short video shows crosswind landings at the old Hong Kong airfield, Kai Tak. I have flown in and out of Kai Tak, but never experienced the cross winds shown here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RqveclPP6M

The Hats · Senior Member

Big Gorilla wrote:
The maximum cross wind component for take off and landing for a "Heavy" jet is 30 knots.
This short video shows crosswind landings at the old Hong Kong airfield, Kai Tak. I have flown in and out of Kai Tak, but never experienced the cross winds shown here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RqveclPP6M

The IGS 13 checkerboard approach Nice.

It is different alright. biggrin biggrin

Cheers

The Hats

Big Gorilla · Guru

The Hats wrote:
The IGS 13 checkerboard approach Nice.
It is different alright.
Cheers
The Hats

Little bit different !!

KaiTak IGS Rwy 13.jpg

The Hats · Senior Member

Big Gorilla wrote:
The Hats wrote:
The IGS 13 checkerboard approach Nice.
It is different alright.
Cheers
The Hats
Little bit different !!

You still got all your Jeppesen approach plates mate or did you pull that off the web , I thought you would keep that as a keep sake

aone of my mate has he has it framed in his office.

Cheers

The Hats

-- Edited by The Hats on Sunday 24th of August 2014 02:16:40 PM

Big Gorilla · Guru

The Hats wrote:
You still got all your Jeppesen approach plates mate or did you pull that off the web , I thought you would keep that as a keep sake
aone of my mate has he has it framed in his office.
Cheers
The Hats

-- Edited by The Hats on Sunday 24th of August 2014 02:16:40 PM

No I pulled it off the Web for you to see. Many many years since I went into HKG. I worked LAX/ICN (Seoul). My Nav. bag was destroyed in a volcanic eruption in the Philippines in June 1991 after I'd left the airlines.

Vic41 · Guru

I did some training in high side winds in a Chipmunk (stick control).

From memory I had to cross my controls (stick and rudder) into the wind in a yaw so that although still travelling in a straight line the plane was at an angle to the runway, moved the controls to normal on touch down.

I wasn't too keen on landings in the Chipmunk on the touch down as with the nose up you couldn't see in front of you only out the sides.

I had to qualify and get a stamp in my log book to swing the propeller for priming (switches off) and start (switches on, contact).

This is similar to the one I trained on. Instructor freaked me out one day (he sat behind me with dual controls) when he told me to hold the aircraft straight and level, leant over me and pulled the c.o.c.k.pit back to the rear, stood up and had a pee over the side. One bit of turbulence and he would have been skydiving without a chute !

The Hats · Senior Member

This is what I trained in almost 30 years ago when we did our training we did fully developed spins. then about 15 years ago a document was released by Piper banning any turns grater Than 60 Deg due to possible wing failure I did my first solo in the PA 38 Tomahawk so I have a soft spot for this little bird.

Cheers

The Hats

Vic41 · Guru

Nice looking aircraft Hats smile

I did some aerobatic training in the Chipmunk, barrel rolls, loops etc, freaked out a bit when flying upside down, kept it there too long and it stalled but did the usual stall drill and all ok.

The Chipmunk was not fitted with an inverted carby so of course the carby drained upside down starving it of fuel. cry

I am talking about 55 years ago so the memory is not so good now. Went as far as restricted pilot's licence but sorry I did not continue further, other things cropped up in my life.

-- Edited by Vic41 on Wednesday 27th of August 2014 10:00:56 AM

Big Gorilla · Guru

Vic41 wrote:
I did some training in high side winds in a Chipmunk (stick control).
From memory I had to cross my controls (stick and rudder) into the wind in a yaw so that although still travelling in a straight line the plane was at an angle to the runway, moved the controls to normal on touch down.
I wasn't too keen on landings in the Chipmunk on the touch down as with the nose up you couldn't see in front of you only out the sides.
I had to qualify and get a stamp in my log book to swing the propeller for priming (switches off) and start (switches on, contact).
This is similar to the one I trained on. Instructor freaked me out one day (he sat behind me with dual controls) when he told me to hold the aircraft straight and level, leant over me and pulled the c.o.c.k.pit back to the rear, stood up and had a pee over the side. One bit of turbulence and he would have been skydiving without a chute !

Nice little airplane. I think I've flown in one at Archerfield airport in Brisbane. Also a Tiger Moth, another tail dragger. The maximum crosswind component on these babies would be 15 knots..

I learnt to fly at Archerfield in a Victa Airtourer in late 50s. The Victa is fully aerobatic.

Victa Airtourer.jpg

My first job with TAA was on the Piper Navajo operating into western Qld.

I found these photos on Google.

-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Wednesday 27th of August 2014 07:55:29 AM

Vic41 · Guru

Both nice looking aircraft BG, do you still do any private flying?

Big Gorilla · Guru

Vic41 wrote:
Both nice looking aircraft BG, do you still do any private flying?

Yeah, I enjoyed flying in both. Bit different to the B747. My Australian License is "Frozen" meaning I have to do a medical and flight test to get back the privleges, and I don't really feel inclined to do that..

Vic41 · Guru

Good memories for you despite your licence being frozen, an experience (flying commercial) that the majority of us have never experienced! smile