Nice set of circuits. Love the constant look out and following of traffic and a good pick up of the pressure change. One personal comment is I like to call, and hear, the runway and intent so I know what is happening...eg "DB Downwind 06 touch and go".....as it helps planning and spacing (going a bit wider or further behind a "full stop" than a touch and go. But I don't think that's taught at SAC now, so keep doing what you've been taught I guess
Thanks Paul. Yeah, we're tought to keep it short and sweet on the radio, although I think I do usually announce 'to land' on my last one, that's more from years of listening to others on the radio rather than being taught to do so.
I learned at Sherburn on G-SACT in the 1990s. Brings back good memories. Overall pretty good flying. My only comment is that you were a tad low on approach and very close to the power lines on short final. If you’re worried about landing too deep into the runway, try aiming for 60-65kt on very short final , or alternatively approach slightly higher but fully cut the power at 50ft (once clear of the power lines). The final stages of your approaches were quite flat and you were delaying cutting the power to idle until the flare.
Thanks for the advice. I'll pay close attention to that next time we're on 06. I have looked back at some previous videos with the instructor aboard and I seem to be taking a similar approach so I'm wondering if the camera is making it look a bit closer than it was in reality.
We're not taught to lean the mixture. I think the thoughts of the flight school is that the risk of incorrect mixture management outweighs the benefits of leaning it.
Thanks for the video. I often flew this aircraft as a member at Sherburn 😊
Good Yorkshire accent - Nice T&G's!
Nice set of circuits. Love the constant look out and following of traffic and a good pick up of the pressure change. One personal comment is I like to call, and hear, the runway and intent so I know what is happening...eg "DB Downwind 06 touch and go".....as it helps planning and spacing (going a bit wider or further behind a "full stop" than a touch and go. But I don't think that's taught at SAC now, so keep doing what you've been taught I guess
Thanks Paul.
Yeah, we're tought to keep it short and sweet on the radio, although I think I do usually announce 'to land' on my last one, that's more from years of listening to others on the radio rather than being taught to do so.
I learned at Sherburn on G-SACT in the 1990s. Brings back good memories. Overall pretty good flying. My only comment is that you were a tad low on approach and very close to the power lines on short final. If you’re worried about landing too deep into the runway, try aiming for 60-65kt on very short final , or alternatively approach slightly higher but fully cut the power at 50ft (once clear of the power lines). The final stages of your approaches were quite flat and you were delaying cutting the power to idle until the flare.
Thanks for the advice. I'll pay close attention to that next time we're on 06. I have looked back at some previous videos with the instructor aboard and I seem to be taking a similar approach so I'm wondering if the camera is making it look a bit closer than it was in reality.
G-SACT I flew her yesterday she’s still going ha ha
Hello Sir, smashing flying! May i ask why you kept the Mixture Control on rich?
We're not taught to lean the mixture. I think the thoughts of the flight school is that the risk of incorrect mixture management outweighs the benefits of leaning it.