Lesson #2...

On Sep 23, 3:00 pm, Dallas wrote:
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:40:07 GMT, Andy Hawkins wrote:
take a look at my blog of my experiences thus far:
http://adhawkins.wordpress.com

Hey Andy, I've got a question for ya... you said:

"Annoyingly it was one of the ones I thought I had answered correctly! It
was a question regarding how you would approach a runway that was narrower
than you were expecting."

I'm in flight school here in the States and that question/topic has never
come up. I would have no idea how to answer that question other to say you
should know exactly how wide the runway before you land on it and make sure
you land on the centerline.

So, what was the answer?

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Dallas

A skinny runway introduces illusions. It can appear to be
longer than you're used to, and you'll tend to approach higher and
maybe faster. We see it all the time here, with students who train on
200-foot-wide runways, then go on cross-countries to our 75' wide
strip. They get awfully close to the end of the runway in the rollout,
after touching down way too late and too fast. They leave lots of tire
tread on the pavement.

Dan

On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:28:00 -0700, wrote:

A skinny runway introduces illusions. It can appear to be
longer than you're used to, and you'll tend to approach higher and
maybe faster.

Ah, yes... I do recall that subject under Human Factors now, especially
with reference to night flying. It's not something found in the FAA's
tests, but then we don't have to take 5 tests like you do.

--
Dallas