Noticia fresca, fresca…
Id desempolvando vuestros conocimientos de vuelo y engrasando vuestras extremidades porque muy posiblemente el próximo mes de Julio se celebrará en el Aeródromo de Requena un concurso de tomas y despegues.
El concurso será el colofón de una semana dedicada a perfeccionar este aspecto del vuelo.
Los organizadores nos irán desvelando los pormenores de esta actividad, porque para la preparación de la prueba, durante la semana previa, contaremos con un experto piloto-instructor amigo nuestro.
Te recomendamos la siguiente lectura, extracto del libro «See how it Flies» de John S. Denker:
Judging High or Low; Rule of Thumb
Even more important than having the left-or-right alignment is having the proper up-or-down alignment of the approach path. There are several ways to do this.
One of the worst ways is to use “local tricks”, such as passing over the pond at 1500 MSL and then passing over the old red barn at 1000 MSL. Such an approach procedure doesn’t work too well when you visit other airports.
The smart way to control the slope of the glide is to observe and control the slope angle directly. On an instrument approach, the electronic glideslope needle defines a 3 degree angle for you. At some airports there is a visual aid such as a VASI to define the angle for you. At most airports, though, there is no such guidance, so you simply must learn to perceive angles accurately.
Most people are terrible at judging angles using the unaided eye. Therefore I recommend the following rule of thumb:
Specifically, the rule of thumb refers to the distance between the last joint and the end of the thumb, as shown in figure 12.4.
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