http://www.aviationchatter.com/2009/03/cleared-to-land-maintain-best-forward-airspeed/ Exercise Your License to Learn Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.aviationchatter.com/2009/03/cleared-to-land-maintain-best-forward-airspeed/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Patrick Flannigan Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:32:50 +0000 http://www.aviationchatter.com/?p=1154#comment-65 Ouch, be careful. Earblock is a serious pain! Once I was doing some sightseeing with a friend while I had a slight head-cold. The pressure in my ear built up on final and it was everything I could do to land. It was just about the worst headache in my life! Ouch, be careful. Earblock is a serious pain! Once I was doing some sightseeing with a friend while I had a slight head-cold. The pressure in my ear built up on final and it was everything I could do to land. It was just about the worst headache in my life!

]]> http://www.aviationchatter.com/2009/03/cleared-to-land-maintain-best-forward-airspeed/comment-page-1/#comment-61 PlasticPilot Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:53:59 +0000 http://www.aviationchatter.com/?p=1154#comment-61 Great post ! I flew a low with a Piper Saratoga (PA32) into Geneva (LSGG), mixed with jet and airline traffic. Under good conditions (not too turbulent) I used to fly 160 kts to 4 or 3 miles final. As the runway there is plenty long, this is not a problem. One must however be really careful with one thing: at 160 kts on a 3° glideslope, the rate of descent is close to 1'500 per minute and can lead to air-pressure balance problems. I once got a blocke-ear on such an approach and was not smart enough to interrupt it. It developed a fully-infected otitis, and I steel feel some sequel even three years after that. Great post ! I flew a low with a Piper Saratoga (PA32) into Geneva (LSGG), mixed with jet and airline traffic. Under good conditions (not too turbulent) I used to fly 160 kts to 4 or 3 miles final. As the runway there is plenty long, this is not a problem. One must however be really careful with one thing: at 160 kts on a 3° glideslope, the rate of descent is close to 1’500 per minute and can lead to air-pressure balance problems. I once got a blocke-ear on such an approach and was not smart enough to interrupt it. It developed a fully-infected otitis, and I steel feel some sequel even three years after that.

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