Wow, hope this is a typo

Don Jones

Don Jones

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Just pulled this TAF for LRU, wow, batten down the hatches. Gotta be a typo. Runs off to make sure insurance on the plane is paid up

KLRU 291732Z 291818 26012G22KT P6SM FEW100
FM0700 28010KT P6SM SKC
FM1600 26010G88KT P6SM FEW250
 
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Lessee...

*scratches head*

Approach speed = 1.3 vso plus 1/2 gust spread....

That makes the safe approach in my plane to be about 97 knots :yes:
 
alaskaflyer said:
Lessee...

*scratches head*

Approach speed = 1.3 vso plus 1/2 gust spread....

That makes the safe approach in my plane to be about 97 knots :yes:
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I don't think that rule of thumb actually works when the gust spread is almost twice your stalling speed. :)
 
Holy cow. When it starts gusting, you could wind up stuck in one place trying to land on runway 26. Just floating there, waiting for the gust to go down. lol.
 
yea nick, and when the gust does die, its gonna be ka-runch
 
Don Jones said:
Ha Ha, so true, but in this case it would be BLBD (blowing buildings)
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but the 88kts is not so impossible.
Pretty benign here today, so I figured unlikely.
Does your shop paint? I had some paint questions.
 
Don Jones said:
Just pulled this TAF for LRU, wow, batten down the hatches. Gotta be a typo. Runs off to make sure insurance on the plane is paid up

KLRU 291732Z 291818 26012G22KT P6SM FEW100
FM0700 28010KT P6SM SKC
FM1600 26010G88KT P6SM FEW250
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Aw...c'mon Don...that's just a typical spring day for us out here, isn't it? :hairraise:


Mike
 
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