CTAF entry
I repeated my CTAF lesson this morning on a brisk winter morning, and as comic relief before my afternoon's frivolity. The piper warrior I flew was literally fresh from it's 50hr maintenance, still in the LAME's hangar when we took delivery having the engine steam cleaned. I decided to talk through the entire procedure today before getting up in the air. I had forgotten about the altitude restriction (1,000ft) before the 3nm perimeter for the bankstown GAAP departure procedure, but otherwise my verbal procedure was accurate. Takeoff was on 29C, about 5c OAT, and with a light crosswind. My approach to Hoxton was as per my ground run through, inbound at 1,700 and descending to the deadside at 1200 before joining the crosswind leg of the circuit. My first approach was high but holdoff perfect (no bounce). We switched to short field technique with 60kt approach and much shorter ground roll. I was handling the radio without assistance today which was good. We left Hoxton CTAF and I did a couple of steep turns for practice, maintaining altitude tolerances well. Approach back to Bankstown was via the north, with a GAAP procedure entry and flapless approach on 29C. More importantly Lawrence told me all about his love life, which is almost (but not quite) as entertaining as the actual flying. Flying..... Cool.... Its good to be (still) alive.
posted by Grant @ 11:16 PM
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