Landing
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Chris, that was indeed a lot of fun. A great illustration of the various factors and challenges of making a successful landing. I didn’t think there was such a thing as a ‘perfect landing’….that’s why any landing you can walk away from is a good landing!! This would be the best episode yet. Great stuff. I hope you cover go-arounds / missed approaches. It would be a good addition – time permitting.
cheers Paul.
Thanks, Paul! I always appreciate your input and love to hear you chime in. We will cover go arounds and missed approaches later at some point, I’m sure.
Another Fantastic episode!!! As a Track IR user I found myself constantly turning my head to the left while watching the video!! haha! like I had control of the aircraft!!! haha!! that’s how immersive your vids are Chris!! Really enjoying them[and enjoying your imput on FS Break] great stuff!!
Cheers
Thanks Patrick. I always really appreciate the retweets you have been doing, and your involvement. I have been noticing!
I’m glad you’re enjoying my stay on FSbreak and the episodes. We’re totally pumped that people stuff this stuff, including you. Makes us feel all warm and fuzzy
Will you be around this Sunday for the live FSbreak podcast?
Another great episode Chris. I like the method used in the video for landing. It’s the first time I’ve heard of that method but it makes perfect sense. I’ll be trying this out on the weekend once I get PNW installed and my Carenado C182 re-installed. Looking forward to more episodes.
-Jason
I was going to use a method called Sight Picture, but I decided it wasn’t good enough so I made up Point Target. It’s different in a few ways.
PNW is soooooo incredible. I just can’t get enough of this dang scenery. It’s only going to get better once we start getting into the cross country episodes.
Hey Chris, great video again! Can you explain the runway markings though please? I’m not clear on what each bit of paint on the runway denotes. While I’m asking, will you be covering different airspaces in a future video?
Cheers,
Mark
Airspace is a HUGE one. I’m sure we’ll touch on it, if not get into it very heavily.
Let me show you the runway markings in the ‘flare’ episode coming up, ok? I planned on doing it there.
Great Video… and smart idea not to go for “picture perfect” …its a nice blend of skill and control with reality… i think had you decided to reshoot till you got them perfect it would have ruined the video…. cant wait till the next!!! woohoo
Thanks for all yall do! AOA all the way!
I’m glad my screwup helped you learn something
Things are just as I said, though. Sometimes it’s not perfect. Realizing what is going on and correcting it quickly is part of what makes up a great aviator.
Great stuff Chris!
Just like what I imagine going for a real lesson would be like! I particularly like it how you tell us stuff that isn’t necessarily required in the Sim; not having any real world experience, it’s hard to find out about lights, pre flight checks and those little tricks for getting a perfect landing.
I heard about this on FS Break. It’ such a great resource for us Sim pilots!
A quick question: How in depth are you going to go with IFR in this series?
Thanks,
Alex
Best one so far and for all the obvious reasons! This series is exceeds my expectations every time, but it’s so hard to watch without owning the PNW package. Anyways can’t wait for the MD11 release, the online streaming is a great idea. For me boxed items have always been out of the question living in Canada, too many taxes and brokerage fees.
Oh btw what are your thought’s on REX? Do you benefit from within the cockpit view or does it just look good in an external view?
Wow another great episode! I heard on FSBreak that some episodes could be half hour, an hour or more! Now THAT’s something to be excited about and this whole series is absolutely amazing. I don’t think there can be much argument. You definitely are at the forefront of flight simulator training.
Yes, we do plan on doing some long episodes. I’m really excited for that part because we actually get to go somewhere!
Thanks for the awesome compliments and comments, as always, Andrew.
Throttle On!
Two questions, where did you get that airplane, and what airport is that? Thanks, and great episode! This is my favorite so far!
Timothy, The Aircraft is a Cessna 152 II. It’s available for purchase from the developers at Carenado – http://www.carenado.com (FSX and FS9 models.) The Airport is known in Flight Sim as “North Bend Mun.” in Oregon USA. It’s Southwest Oregon Regional (OTH) (KOTH) PAVED , NORTH BEND, OR1.0 mi. NW of city. Publicly Owned, Public Use N43-25.02 W124-14.82 Mag Var: 18 deg E
Hello Chris,
It’s getting more fun every episode. Landing with a small airplane like this is a lot different feeling than hand landing a 737 or a 747 its like the winds fights you and you have to make lots of micro corrections as you did on the video. Very inspiring video Chris.
I liked the blurry panel and the sharp runway at the end. As always: Superb.
Carlos,
That’s a perfectly good explanation of it. The physics are almost completely different between that of something like a 747 and a small airplane like the 152. Kinda weird it looks like that, but it makes sense. The smaller air movements just don’t have that big of an affect on something like the 747.
Glad you enjoyed this video! It’s always great to hear from you, and I just love your thoughtful and lengthy comments.
Throttle On, CZ!
Just come across this tutorial. Bl###y marvelous and it’s free. Logically ordereed & nicely scripted. No matter what your level of experience you never stop learning. Great job
Bruce
PS I agree PNW scenery is the best
Glad you enjoyed it, Bruce. It’s amazing how monumental the basics can be when they are learned or relearned.
Great to have you around!
Thanks for commenting
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Came across this site when a friend of mine, Bob Welch, e-mailed a leader for the Pilot Speak. Yes I’m on the mailing list waiting for a restock.:)
Have been looking for a good method to use for lining up on the center of a runway when there is no center line. Watching this video I can see where it’s just a matter of centering the plane on that grass or dirt strip using a mark on the airplanes console. Outstanding video tutorial for sure.
Looking forward to watching the rest of them.
Glad you enjoyed it, Ken! In episode 31 I do another grass strip landing. It’s toward the end of the video if you don’t want to watch the whole thing. GO HERE
Throttle on! Good to have you around.
By the way, PilotSpeak is for sale here on the blog if you navigate above to Products. There you can get all hooked up pretty quickly.
Dear Chris,
After watching a couple of your episodes I just want to say. Keep up the good work. Also your comments are quite funny!
Best regards,
Marc Schra
First Officer Ryanair (Boeing 737-800)
Dusseldorf-Weeze based
Glad you’re enjoying the episodes!
Yeah, I was getting a bit bored and didn’t want to be serious anymore. You know pilots. We face death and so we have to laugh about it
You got some comments to penetrate an Ash cloud
? Have to get up at 5am allready knowing I’m not going anywhere. This job is hard 
I do! Don’t do it
That work? Haha
Good advice! I’ll stay in bed then.
Hi Chris,
This video on landing has helped me immensely. Finally I can land my aircraft without panicing at the last moment and slamming it onto the deck. I have been practicing landings following your techniques and can land with a degree of success.
The Aviator 90 series has to be the best instructional tool available to sim aviators and I have passed the link to my father in law who is also an avid sim flyer
Throttle On
Hey Dave,
I’m glad you found it useful! It’s amazing how much we can learn even after being in FS or real world flying for so long. I’m ALWAYS learning new things, even new things about landing technique, for example. It’s a never ending cycle of learning experiences, and I think that is a huge positive!
Thanks for passing this on to your father in low, we can’t wait to have him as well.
Throttle On!
For those wondering about approach lighting and usage in GA and smaller aircraft…
http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/publications/tp14371/aga/7-0.htm#7-6
A good read. I especially like this statement as I often wondered when it was appropriate to use it for bringing small planes back to earth. Aparently VASI and PAPI use differs from airport to airport and aircraft to aircraft. A small airport with alot of GA activity will have approach lighting designed to cater to small aircraft.
From that document…
“Approach slope indicator systems provide safe wheel clearance over the runway threshold. The vertical distance from a pilot’s eyes to the lowest portion of the aircraft in the landing attitude is called the EWH, and this distance varies from less than four feet to up to 45 ft for some wide-bodied aircraft, such as the B-747. Consequently, approach slope indicator systems are related to the EWH for the aircraft that the aerodrome is intended to serve and provide safe wheel clearance over the threshold when the pilot is receiving the on-slope indication.”
Thanks for sharing this resource, Charles!
Great video helped me alot when landing I never crash any more. I have one question. What airport is this ? It’s a very nice airport.
You know what, I don’t remember the airport. It’s along the coast of Oregon. It’s a lot like KAST.
Glad you’re enjoying it! Always helps to be able to land