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Teterboro’s Circling Approach to Runway 1 Can Be Tricky
With strong winds out of the west, conditions that existed at the time of Monday’s Learjet crash, starting the turn to the runway early is crucial. (www.flyingmag.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I believe most 30 series Lears now have a Century III wing and the addition of SoftFlite ( full spanwise stall strips, wing fence and adding BLE's kinda of toned down the model. Still, nothing like flying Lear 24 with a straight wing from sea level to 41k in 9 minutes. I especially liked the 25G where you could cruise at .81M while the FF were the same as a 25B at .77M. The fun was flying for 2.5 hours at .81M with no AT, just your eyes and right hand.
I loved it also and the 24 was my favorite ride of all time, but you failed to mention that the FF of the [email protected] and the [email protected] were the same as either of them on the ground @idle. They climbed so fast because they needed to.
True enough.
Good memories in the 20 series for me as well. The Lear 23, serial #9, was most interesting to me because of all the safety features it didn't have compared to a 24B lol! I miss the 358kt speed limit in the older models too. The 25B seemed gutless with its extra weight & lacking the improvements of the 25G.
Tailwinds!
Tailwinds!
All circling approaches are tricky and that is one reason during every initial and recurrent training course for type ratings that they be satisfactorily demonstrated. For good reasons many pilots do not fly them between training sessions. If the ONLY way to arrive at a runway is through a circling maneuver, such as 01 at Teterboro, then your caution senses need to be at full alert because there will be a very good reason that a straight in approach cannot be flown to that runway with terrain, obstructions, and restricted airspace being the big three. At Teterboro strong winds will always be an additional factor for the 01 circle because if they weren't they would just land straight in 06.
This is an example of why the FAA long ago stopped allowing any FAR 121 airline from flying "circling approaches", now they are "circling maneuvers" with minimums no less than 1000ft ceiling and 3 mile visibility. (with accompanying type, and in many cases even the ATP itself, "circling VMC only" limitations) RNAV RNP approaches are perhaps a way to more safely bring these back but it will take an FAA mandate to require airlines to equip all the planes with the equipment and crews with the training.
Truckee, CA: 2 fatal during circle
Palwakee, IL. 2 fatal during circle
Teterboro, NJ ?
The NTSB database is full of highly experienced, DECEASED, Learjet pilots.
It was always interesting to attend recurrent training in that model because it was manufactured with 7 different wings:
Century III
Softflight
Mark 2, etc....
The ground instructors would separate us in class based on our aircraft serial numbers. Different serial numbers meant different wings & different performance charts altogeather. :/