Who does??
Better off working high, cause once you hit the burble you're going to feel a little sinking action regardless. Can't replicate that at the field.
My first day CQing... no burble. Second day? Decent burble. Huge differences.
Who does??
Better off working high, cause once you hit the burble you're going to feel a little sinking action regardless. Can't replicate that at the field.
Who does??
Better off working high, cause once you hit the burble you're going to feel a little sinking action regardless. Can't replicate that at the field.
bunk, the heinousness of that avatar will haunt my dreams for many nights to come ....
For all the impressionable youths out there...
High isn't a whole lot better, because to maintain a high you need a greater rate of descent, which makes you more likely to fly-through-down in close, which is tough to stop, especially in a max-trap aircraft.
High is better than low, centered and cresting is better than high.
However, never recenter a high-ball in close. Get it fixed early.
Back to the original question: I always thought the toughest approach was to San Clemente for night FCLP. Right-hand CCA pattern, strange altitude cross-checks (field is on top of a cliff), dark as heck, and usually a crosswind. Night CQ is easy after a few late nights at the Rock.
I was reading about students practicing for landing on carriers with a painted runway and a meatball on the side.
Now, when you first get to the real thing that is moving and has a runway diagonal to the ship's heading....isn't that a little tough at first to land correctly?
Hey, Gentlemen.. Where is this "boat" crap come in? In the U.S. Navy, it is know as a "ship". Ships are made of steel, boats are made of wood or fiberglass. At least we old Navy aviators called it that. And no Air Boss better not hear the word...boat from anyone.
I tried an "on-speed" pattern the other day and landed better than when I do a power-on, constant decceleration pattern. Nailing Vref early let me concentrate on lineup and descent rate with minimal power corrections/slipping/cussing to get down faster/cussing to slow down/etc. But that's about all I can apply from what you guys do. If I don't flare to land, my instructor will make sure that I squat to pee from then on.
Normal is 6-7 down - max is 14. Anything more = hard landing/conditional inspection/etc.Brett,
Is that a "normal" prowler apprach? Or a hard one?