At Old Buckenham airfield in Norfolk, England, the easterly runway suddenly goes slightly down hill halfway along. From some height, you can see it all but the closer and lower you get in your approach, the second half seems to disappear and suddenly looks very short with not much left. This caught me out on my qualifying cross-country, and I did 2 go around. ATC was super helpful and advised the wind had changed and I should consider approaching the other direction which I duly did and had a much bigger runway to land on it seemed. Good day that was.
Love your videos - they're very informative and quite helpful. This is PHAK Chapter 17, Figure 17-7 "Runway Illusions". I'd love to see one illustrating the illusions of landing at night (depth perception changes).
At Old Buckenham airfield in Norfolk, England, the easterly runway suddenly goes slightly down hill halfway along. From some height, you can see it all but the closer and lower you get in your approach, the second half seems to disappear and suddenly looks very short with not much left. This caught me out on my qualifying cross-country, and I did 2 go around. ATC was super helpful and advised the wind had changed and I should consider approaching the other direction which I duly did and had a much bigger runway to land on it seemed. Good day that was.
Never thought about it that much but brill. Well explained
Love your videos - they're very informative and quite helpful. This is PHAK Chapter 17, Figure 17-7 "Runway Illusions". I'd love to see one illustrating the illusions of landing at night (depth perception changes).
Great lesson and happy to see what appears to be KGHG at the end there
Great presentation. Thanks
I mean these are all valid points, but your approach is unstable to begin with. Is there any reason why you're coming in below 60kts on final?