TODAY I DID MY FINAL FLIGHT on an Arrow before the flight test. I took Sam along so he could judge how I went.
I took off at 10am from Moorabbin and tracked visual to Williamstown (WMS) and overhead the disused Laverton airfield, avoiding the Restricted area R321.
Today we had strong and gusty Northerlies. YMMB was reporting 360 deg M 18 Knots gusting 28 Knots. The take off was all right but before I reached 2500 ft to track the VFR route to stay below the Class C airspace step, it was bumpy and I experienced medium turbulence.
Overhead Laverton airfield I tracked for Bacchus Marsh (YBSS) aerodrome which was an easy way point. I asked Sam to give me a diversion overhead YBSS and he gave me Rockwood aerodrome some 35 NM away to the south west. I had a Ground Speed of about 130 Kts due to the northerly. I held the heading, timed the ETI and triangulated the Rockwood airfield with the Yarrowee VOR and found the approximate airfield position in relation to Rockwood and Corindhap towns. This was because the airfield is probably just a grass strip and I actually could not make out its runway.
Overhead Rockwood I tracked to Colac (YOLA) aerodrome which was easy enough to find because of its proximity to the north east of Lake Colac and Colac township.
I then tracked east and 10 NM out I called Avalon (YMAV) Tower for airways to go through its airspace to Point Cook (YMPC) aerodrome. I thought I had to be at Barwon Prisons which is a VFR approach point before calling the tower but Sam had experienced no such requirement and so I tried and got the airways clearance just anywhere 10 NM west of the YMAV runway.
I tracked to overhead the Avalon Airport runway using VOR then outbound to YMPC. By this stage we were already flying on visual because we were familiar with the area. Soon I was tracking for Moorabbin via Brighton and landed 35 Left after 1.9 hours. We were the only aircraft in the whole airport I guess because others did not want to be flying on such a strong and gusty wind day! We were number 1 all the way from after I reported inbound at Brighton and this was on a Saturday late morning. Unbelievable but true!
I flared VH-HAB and used full left rudder and applied more power and speed than normal to cater to the strong cross wind and gusty condition. The plane landed positively, not pretty, but positive landing and there was no danger to pilots and aircraft......
I took off at 10am from Moorabbin and tracked visual to Williamstown (WMS) and overhead the disused Laverton airfield, avoiding the Restricted area R321.
Today we had strong and gusty Northerlies. YMMB was reporting 360 deg M 18 Knots gusting 28 Knots. The take off was all right but before I reached 2500 ft to track the VFR route to stay below the Class C airspace step, it was bumpy and I experienced medium turbulence.
Overhead Laverton airfield I tracked for Bacchus Marsh (YBSS) aerodrome which was an easy way point. I asked Sam to give me a diversion overhead YBSS and he gave me Rockwood aerodrome some 35 NM away to the south west. I had a Ground Speed of about 130 Kts due to the northerly. I held the heading, timed the ETI and triangulated the Rockwood airfield with the Yarrowee VOR and found the approximate airfield position in relation to Rockwood and Corindhap towns. This was because the airfield is probably just a grass strip and I actually could not make out its runway.
Overhead Rockwood I tracked to Colac (YOLA) aerodrome which was easy enough to find because of its proximity to the north east of Lake Colac and Colac township.
I then tracked east and 10 NM out I called Avalon (YMAV) Tower for airways to go through its airspace to Point Cook (YMPC) aerodrome. I thought I had to be at Barwon Prisons which is a VFR approach point before calling the tower but Sam had experienced no such requirement and so I tried and got the airways clearance just anywhere 10 NM west of the YMAV runway.
I tracked to overhead the Avalon Airport runway using VOR then outbound to YMPC. By this stage we were already flying on visual because we were familiar with the area. Soon I was tracking for Moorabbin via Brighton and landed 35 Left after 1.9 hours. We were the only aircraft in the whole airport I guess because others did not want to be flying on such a strong and gusty wind day! We were number 1 all the way from after I reported inbound at Brighton and this was on a Saturday late morning. Unbelievable but true!
I flared VH-HAB and used full left rudder and applied more power and speed than normal to cater to the strong cross wind and gusty condition. The plane landed positively, not pretty, but positive landing and there was no danger to pilots and aircraft......
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