RECREATIONAL PILOT CERTIFICATE: Flying Lesson #14 Crosswind Landings
With a gusty 10-15kt wind blowing perpendicular to the main runway, its a perfect day for a lesson in crosswind landings.
Crosswind landings add an extra degree of difficulty for a student pilot because you are flying the final approach 'all crossed up', with the aileron into the wind to control drift and counteracting this with opposite rudder. A very strange sensation if your not use to it.
The nose of the plane continues to track down the centreline of the runway, so that you are effectively landing on the upwind wheel first! As you can imagine, this can be quite challenging, especially with the crosswind we have today that produces a lot of mechanical turbulence from nearby trees and hangers.
Lets go give it a shot....
ABOUT ME:
I'm a student pilot learning to fly in my spare time. I originally received 30 hours of flying instruction 17 years ago and now I'm back in the cockpit and learning how to fly all over again.
Currently flying out of Wollongong (YWOL), Australia in light sport aircraft such as the Jabiru and Pipestrel alpha with Fly Illawarra:
Fly Illawarra: www.flyillawarra.com.au/
Recreation Aviation Australia: www.raa.asn.au/
Jabiru aircraft: jabiru.net.au/
21 ноя 2016
