Wed Jan 09, 2013 3:42 pm
#1134229
It was a glorious afternoon for a bimble.
I rolled the little Jodel out of the hangar, did a very careful preflight because she hadn't flown since before Christmas, and then strapped in.
The field is at 200 feet amsl, and being a QNH person I twiddled the altimeter from the 300 indicated to 200 feet. Off we went for a delightful bimble over rural Suffolk. The fields were mostly dry, and the strip (which is well drained) was in good shape. The weather had been CAVOK although there were now a few little wisps here and there. Visibility was 50nm or more - I could see Sizewell, Ipswich, Woodbridge, and the villages towards Halesworth on climbout from the strip.
Eventually, the need for coffee called me back, and I did a full OHJ with all the trimmings, just for the fun of it. Deceptive how high it seems over these rural parts, thought I. When I turned final, at 700 feet indicated, the runway looked an awfully long way below. More like 1500 feet AGL, in fact.
Round we went, and I turned final the next time at -300 feet indicated and all went well. Silly, really, because I knew the QNH was around 1033 but didn't double-check it in the Kollman window. Another one to chalk up to experience!
I rolled the little Jodel out of the hangar, did a very careful preflight because she hadn't flown since before Christmas, and then strapped in.
The field is at 200 feet amsl, and being a QNH person I twiddled the altimeter from the 300 indicated to 200 feet. Off we went for a delightful bimble over rural Suffolk. The fields were mostly dry, and the strip (which is well drained) was in good shape. The weather had been CAVOK although there were now a few little wisps here and there. Visibility was 50nm or more - I could see Sizewell, Ipswich, Woodbridge, and the villages towards Halesworth on climbout from the strip.
Eventually, the need for coffee called me back, and I did a full OHJ with all the trimmings, just for the fun of it. Deceptive how high it seems over these rural parts, thought I. When I turned final, at 700 feet indicated, the runway looked an awfully long way below. More like 1500 feet AGL, in fact.
Round we went, and I turned final the next time at -300 feet indicated and all went well. Silly, really, because I knew the QNH was around 1033 but didn't double-check it in the Kollman window. Another one to chalk up to experience!