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== Approach and Landing ==
== Approach and Landing ==
So you are still alive and flying? Congratiulations. So it's time for a break - let's go home for a landing at KSFO RWY 28R. Reset all controls now for a normal cruise at 28" manifold pressure and 2400RPM at 3000ft. If you didn't do anything bad, you should be somewhere between KSFO and downtown San Francisco with the bay right in front of you heading east (090).
When you have the airport in sight, proceed direct to the field descending altitude 1000ft.
[[Image:SenecaII_HOWTO_homing.jpg|thumb|homing to SF ndb]]
To get home if you are lost, tune the NDB radio to 379, hit the <-> button to enable the frequency and press the ADF button. This is the SF ndb standing a few miles from the airport on the extended centerline of RWY 28. The needle of the NDB indicator points directly to this beacon. Now turn in the direction the needle is pointing until the needle show straight up to N. While on your way, descend altitude 2000ft. This is a good moment for reading the approach check from the checklist.
[[Image:SenecaII_HOWTO_turning_final.jpg|thumb|turning to the airport]]
When the ADF needle starts to move quickly maintain you heading until it has passed the E or W marking. Now you have passed the SF beacon. Turn the shortest way to heading 280 and reduce power to 21" manifold pressure and 2300RPM. Descend at a rate of 500 feet per minute to altitude 1000ft. Follow the costline until you can see the airport, proceed to runway intersection and enter right downwind RWY 28R.
Look out of the right window - when abeam the numbers of the runway, reduce power to 18" manifold pressure, maintain 1000ft. Lower the gear when speed is below 129 knots. Turn on landing lights. Slow down to 105 knots. Look right, when the runway threshold is 45 degrees behind you turn base, set flaps one notch and start descend with 500fpm. You should be at 500ft when turning to final. On final set flaps two notches and reduce to 90 knots. Final check
* gear down and 3 green
* propeller high RPM
* mixture rich
* landing lights on
* speed 90
When sure of making the runway, extend flaps fully. When over the threshold reduce power to idle and level off a few feet above the runway. Pitch up without climbing and let the aircraft settle. Apply breaks to stop and you are done.
OK - this was not a very common approach and it will scare the controllers in the bay area - but who cares in simuland?
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== Timed Traffic Pattern, Touch and Go, Go Around ==
== Timed Traffic Pattern, Touch and Go, Go Around ==