Saturday, August 11, 2007

Short landing in PA32

The photos of this landing are not the usual ones from long, mid and short final, because this was not exactly a standard landing. I was back to Geneva, my homebase, with three passengers in a PA32, flying VFR. The grass ruwnay, which can be shown left of the main runway, was not an option because it is too sort with its 520 meters.

After a couple of 360's end of downwind waiting for a "hole" in the commercial traffic, the controller asked me to fly an inner base and a short landing, to vacate first left.

What, not in the axis ?

Students and low time pilots, don't do that. Low level turns are bad !

Any other question ?

By this time, I was flying a lot with this plane, so I knew quite well how to manage such a landing, even if the first picture is not exactly promising.

A special note here to the amateur photographer for his good job. These pictures have been take from the back seat, and the autofocus did not get trapped by the windshield or the compas, which ruined so many Piper photos...

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