The Presentation
Key takeaways
The Pilot
Success Factors for Pilots
An Intimate Knowledge of your business
An Attitude of:
- Continual Skepticism
- Situational/Positional Awareness
- Choosing the most conservtive approach
Use of effective Standard operation procedures
The Turn
Success Factors for a turn back
For each second of delay, the aircraft is more than 100 ft further away and loses more altitude.
Return path length and altitude loss are substantially greater for turns less than 210 degrees.
Goal is to maintain "Best Glide" to the ground. Fighting the natural tendency to pull back as ground approaches.