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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Robert Zambelli on December 16, 2014, 01:40:22 PM

Title: For All You Full-Scale Pilots!
Post by: Robert Zambelli on December 16, 2014, 01:40:22 PM
Trust your instruments!

   http://www.chonday.com/Videos/pilotnewzdalnd1

   Bob Z.
Title: Re: For All You Full-Scale Pilots!
Post by: FLOYD CARTER on December 16, 2014, 02:59:04 PM
Problem is;  all the instruments in my plane were in German.  Since I never learned the language, I mostly ignored the instruments.

Floyd
Title: Re: For All You Full-Scale Pilots!
Post by: roger gebhart on December 16, 2014, 04:18:50 PM
Nice approach. Hope those mountains were further than they looked. His statement is correct. Sometimes you see things that leave you in awe. Hard to share or explain. Just had to be there.  thanks Bob
 
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Post by: david beazley on December 16, 2014, 04:37:21 PM
There's rocks in them clouds.
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Post by: peabody on December 16, 2014, 04:46:03 PM
Looks cold
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Post by: john e. holliday on December 16, 2014, 06:04:26 PM
I have seen this video several times and it is amazing that the pilot puts it all on the instruments.   But, have you seen the videos of the fighter jocks flying at night through the mountains at speed using only instruments for guidance.
Title: Re: For All You Full-Scale Pilots!
Post by: Mike Keville on December 16, 2014, 06:11:07 PM
Kind of scary.  Glad I wasn't on board.
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Post by: Matt Colan on December 16, 2014, 07:28:23 PM
Flew an instrument cross country last year and shot of my three approaches down to minimums. It truly is amazing where you end up following the glideslope; it's the path taking you home!
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Post by: John Rist on December 16, 2014, 07:36:37 PM
Kind of scary.  Glad I wasn't on board.

Hay I want to be on board   ---- they made it!!!!    #^
Title: Re: For All You Full-Scale Pilots!
Post by: Steve Thomas on December 16, 2014, 10:01:19 PM
Nice approach. Hope those mountains were further than they looked.

No, they're not.  ;)  This is made possible by RNP(AR) approaches, which use GPS integrated into the aircraft's nav system and let you do things that would never be possible with conventional navaids.  I'll try to attach a screenshot of the approach chart - it shows just how close the terrain is, and that with RNP 0.1 (basically lateral containment within 0.1nm), the approach gets you down to only 400' AGL.

Steve

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Post by: Paul Smith on December 17, 2014, 07:58:44 AM
Here's my last real flight.  Colorado, USA.  Flying up to 12,000 feet among twenty-eight 14,000' mountains.  The principle instrument is a piece of yarn stiuck to the nose.
Title: Re: For All You Full-Scale Pilots!
Post by: Tom Niebuhr on December 17, 2014, 08:02:34 AM
I have also seen this video before. There is nothing more satisfying than shooting an approach at minimums and breaking out seeing the christmas tree and  the runway.
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Post by: Dave Rolley on December 17, 2014, 08:43:05 AM
Reminds me of an ILS/DME approach into Missoula MT more than 30 years ago.  Cold December night, clear and moonlit above the cloud layer.  Broke out just before the DH.  As I recall, the DH was about 3,000' above the airport.  The airport sits in a river valley surrounded by mountains.

It was beautiful above the clouds. It was a wonderful site when we broke out below the clouds with the runway lights before us.

Dave
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Post by: Will Hinton on December 17, 2014, 02:11:54 PM
Most posting here will understand this comment:  "Kill the rabbit!"
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Post by: jim gevay on December 17, 2014, 05:23:27 PM
I've seen that video a few times before, it's a good one, and the scenery is great too.