WEATHER!
Posted: 17 Feb 2023, 20:07
Headed out East recently, first leg to Tehran, weather 1500 metres in mist, cloud at 200 feet.
I am legal to land in that weather in RW flying so off I went, only to discover, less than a mile from the runway at Tehran, that the ILS was not aligned correctly with the runway (FSX default scenery)!
Result - Hard Landing.
Next leg to Calcutta (or Kolkatta if you wish) where it has been 3500 metres in haze for long enough.
Once again the ILS is not correctly aligned with the runway, but at least I had enough time to correct it and make a decent landing.
Got in, and out of, Kathmandu without issue, Calcutta still poor weather but I was ready for it.
Paro (VQPR) is difficult enough in gin clear weather, but cloud was at minima (10,500 altitude!) and took two attempts to get on the runway, second was successful but another hard landing, unsurprising with such a steep, offset approach through the mountains to a short runway. Plant it and be done!
(Back to Calcutta in much the same weather, getting good at this last minute realignment)
Kai Tak (VHHX) RW13 from the IGS was a doddle in comparison!
I am legal to land in that weather in RW flying so off I went, only to discover, less than a mile from the runway at Tehran, that the ILS was not aligned correctly with the runway (FSX default scenery)!
Result - Hard Landing.
Next leg to Calcutta (or Kolkatta if you wish) where it has been 3500 metres in haze for long enough.
Once again the ILS is not correctly aligned with the runway, but at least I had enough time to correct it and make a decent landing.
Got in, and out of, Kathmandu without issue, Calcutta still poor weather but I was ready for it.
Paro (VQPR) is difficult enough in gin clear weather, but cloud was at minima (10,500 altitude!) and took two attempts to get on the runway, second was successful but another hard landing, unsurprising with such a steep, offset approach through the mountains to a short runway. Plant it and be done!
(Back to Calcutta in much the same weather, getting good at this last minute realignment)
Kai Tak (VHHX) RW13 from the IGS was a doddle in comparison!