World's Challenging Approaches -3 |NZQN|02-09-2017|16:00Z

[V12]

SHM :
roger, I do it ASAP. Probably my son Adam will fly with us on 707.

[SHM]

nice. We would be happy to have Adam fly with us.

[V12]

@V12
Could you post the confirmed aircrafts to the other forum, and maybe a reminder that the event is tomorrow.

10 minutes ago I returned from geocaching expedition around Little Danube river with found score 10/14. But done :
https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic. ... 82#p317982

[SkyBoat]

@SHM-- Thanks for the invite. I can fly with you. I'm bringing the 757 variant C-32J. Sounds like fun!

SkyBoat

[V12]

Houston, we have problem with 707 !
This bird can't use center tank. I found nasty solution, but it is unrealistic - in the Fuel / Payload dialog use Leveling button. Is there some realistic solution ? Because center tank fix from https://github.com/sanhozay/707 doesn't exist now

[SkyBoat]

I just did a test flight and everything went very well. ...Until I got into the canyon with a stiff tail-wind on approach for 05. There is no metar for NZQN that I could find from my normal sources, though I did get the QNH from Siri, so I don't know how fast the wind was blowing but the windsock was stiff straight-out. Halfway down the glide slope I was still doing 220kts, so I had to abort and do a tight orbit to the right and get lined up again. Got the speed down to 150 with flaps, but the descent rate by hand was a struggle. That wind was pushing hard. I crossed the threshold at about 80 feet, but my flare let me float just too far down the RWY. I got it stopped, but would like to requisition an extra 500 feet of landing strip.

Of course the approach to 23 requires the skill of a contortionist in a tight container...

[SHM]

I caught a cold, so not feeling well today. But the show must go on

[IAHM-COL]

[IAHM-COL]

[SHM]