Vanguard Approach Speed

[bluesman]

Thanks Dave B

Guess you must be Dave Booker of DM fame
Great job you guys do.
I'm ex BA/Thai/Finnair/Austrian and have done dozens of cockpit flights, sadly all in the past now (thanks O b Laden)

Went to Brooklands last year for the first time, great to sit in the VC10 again

Keep up the good work
Dave

[DaveB]

Yes indeed.. always nice to have another Dave around ;-) I did a lot of bits with DM in the past including the VC10, Trident, 1-11 and Comet but fortunate for us all.. he's got much better and I've turned my hands to painting (heaven forbid) A downside of this is that my eye's have gone downhill rapidly but it keeps me out of trouble.. and Garry Russell's inbox full!

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[forthbridge]

I noticed this also - rather that go slavishly for an on the numbers appraoch, I tend to hold at VAT -5 or so for the last thousand feet. I close the throttles at 500ft, and give a little extra pitch at the threshold. I'm currently mooching around Glacier Bay, and using Yakutat at the moment. 20% fuel, crossing the threshold at 117kts, a slight pitch up (an extra degree or so) before gently nosing down sees a perfect rub onto the TDZ as speed falls through 105kts.

Probably more like a light A/C landing than for an A/C the size of the Vanguard - but no-one really sees.... ;-)

Not the most authentic way to do it, but it gives a decent landing and stop without any danger of floating away.