Comments on: Top Three Stressing In-Flight Moments http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/07/22/top-three-stressing-in-flight-moments/ General Aviation and Aviation In General Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:23:43 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: PlasticPilot http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/07/22/top-three-stressing-in-flight-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-5758 PlasticPilot Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:20:25 +0000 http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/?p=743#comment-5758 Thank you Julien for that additional one. Not being rated for Multi-Engine aircraft, I did not thought of that. It's true that the concept of V1 itself (speed after which take-off is no longer an option) is rather stressing. However, on long runways, V1 and Vr (rotation speed), are frequently the same. Thank you Julien for that additional one. Not being rated for Multi-Engine aircraft, I did not thought of that. It’s true that the concept of V1 itself (speed after which take-off is no longer an option) is rather stressing.

However, on long runways, V1 and Vr (rotation speed), are frequently the same.

]]> By: Julien http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/07/22/top-three-stressing-in-flight-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-5725 Julien Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:12:40 +0000 http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/?p=743#comment-5725 Sam at "Blogging at FL250" had a very good post recently about what goes on in a captain's mind as the airliner is approaching V1: <a href="http://fl250.blogspot.com/2008/07/moment-of-truth.html" rel="nofollow">http://fl250.blogspot.com/2008/07/moment-of-truth.html</a> Just to add to Plastic's stressful moments, I would say that a flooooooating flare in a crosswind landing is double stressful: the problem is not so much the approaching end of the runway than the approaching runway edge as the plane drifts downwind if ailerons are not used to offset the drift. Easier said than done, since in the flare one usually looses sight of the runway centerline and has to rely on what can be seen through the side window to guess where the plane is in relation to the centerline. Sam at “Blogging at FL250″ had a very good post recently about what goes on in a captain’s mind as the airliner is approaching V1:

http://fl250.blogspot.com/2008/07/moment-of-truth.html

Just to add to Plastic’s stressful moments, I would say that a flooooooating flare in a crosswind landing is double stressful: the problem is not so much the approaching end of the runway than the approaching runway edge as the plane drifts downwind if ailerons are not used to offset the drift. Easier said than done, since in the flare one usually looses sight of the runway centerline and has to rely on what can be seen through the side window to guess where the plane is in relation to the centerline.

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