It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky, Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears. — Helen Keller, at age 74, on flight around the world, news reports of 5 February 1955
It seemed once they applied power the plane settled. Did they have another attempt or did they head somewhere else?
Hi Euan,I guess a couple of points that are not necessarily obvious from the video.There was a westerly wind [from the left from the pilot's point of view], so a bit of left wing down is to be expected.The aircraft was crabbing into wind during the approach.I guess then when power was applied, they levelled the wings and straightened up a little, followed by the climb.The aircraft arrived back at WN about 15 minutes later.
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It seemed once they applied power the plane settled. Did they have another attempt or did they head somewhere else?
Hi Euan,
I guess a couple of points that are not necessarily obvious from the video.
There was a westerly wind [from the left from the pilot's point of view], so a bit of left wing down is to be expected.
The aircraft was crabbing into wind during the approach.
I guess then when power was applied, they levelled the wings and straightened up a little, followed by the climb.
The aircraft arrived back at WN about 15 minutes later.
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