The fact is, apart from your aerodrome, it is unlikely that you will find windsocks conveniently placed on your route, nor will every area be covered by ATIS reports, so how do you determine wind direction?
You may be a student pilot, or a seasoned pilot, but somehow, when you are flying into an unmanned airfield, with no ATC to tell you what to do, these errors seem to produce themselves…
Ask any pilot what their most cherished flying memory is, and it would hardly be surprising if the response dates back to their early training days…
The issues are overcome by using a design concept known as contra-rotating propellers…
While pulling back on the control column may require the biceps of Dwayne Johnson, forward movement will feel unusually easy.
It may seem suspicious to you if all you hear is quiet, but perhaps your transmissions are being heard, and you just can’t receive the transmissions of others?
