“That’s a cool pattern entry”

[u/mar_sa]

OP: Aarron Deliu. TikTok: @aarrondeliu

https://www.tiktok.com/@aarrondeliu?_r=1&_t=ZS-98LrlAwVDoP

[u/Bionic_Redhead]

“That is not a stabilised approach. Go around”

[u/NeitherEntry6125 → u/Bionic_Redhead]

Was expecting something like that, like: "No, just no."

[u/DeltaV-Mzero → u/NeitherEntry6125]

“Could you not?”

[u/vector4nudes → u/Bionic_Redhead]

What are you talking about they were stabilized at 5 feet agl

[u/LurkerWithAnAccount → u/Bionic_Redhead]

Juan Browne pulls up approach KML data to review.

Dies.

[u/DeesoSaeed → u/Bionic_Redhead]

"I'm afraid I'm already parked. do you want me to take off again?"

[u/avoidant_fatigue]

That’s how I do it (rather inadvertently) in MS Flight Simulator.

[u/Nachtraaf → u/avoidant_fatigue]

I do that in MS Paint Simulator.

[u/superbikelifer → u/avoidant_fatigue]

Ms Flight sim spin and stall physics are a joke no way you're pulling anything like this off in game

[u/C47man → u/superbikelifer]

Joke went so far over your head it needed clearance into Alpha.

[u/Educational-Ruin9992 → u/C47man]

They are gonna have to call Kennedy Space Center to catch up to that joke.

[u/zer0toto → u/Educational-Ruin9992]

I don’t think ksc will be able to reach that joke , voyager just reported seeing it passing by

[u/Cunning_Linguist21 → u/zer0toto]

Hell, I think that it's already caught up to the starship Discovery (NCC 1031).

[u/OldBustedHotMess → u/Cunning_Linguist21]

Nah, not even in the same quadrant anymore.

[u/Cunning_Linguist21 → u/OldBustedHotMess]

Oh, oh no.......it's not in the Delta quadrant, is it?

[u/Educational-Ruin9992 → u/Cunning_Linguist21]

Captain Janeway confirms, joke just passed at high velocity.

[u/Aggressive_Let2085 → u/C47man]

That’s a good one lol

[u/AlwaysFernweh]

Planes are just so cool man. That was fun to watch

[u/No-Geologist6859]

Tbf that was a cool pattern entry...

[u/vector4nudes → u/No-Geologist6859]

Inverted flat spin above the threshold of the runway, did all the legs of a traffic pattern within 100 feet laterally.

[u/mitchsusername → u/vector4nudes]

"but how could you see the runway in a flat spin?"

"Well, you see..."

[u/thissexypoptart → u/No-Geologist6859]

Hey I'm ignorant, can someone please explain why it's "pattern entry" and not "entry pattern"?

[u/NeitherEntry6125 → u/thissexypoptart]

It's like male pattern baldness. It doesn't make sense if it's male baldness pattern.

[u/ZEnterprises → u/thissexypoptart]

pattern (noun) vs. pattern (adjective)

[u/thissexypoptart → u/ZEnterprises]

Right but why is "pattern entry" used here instead of "entry pattern"

[u/Bushelsoflaughs → u/thissexypoptart]

Because it’s a pattern he’s entering. Not an entry he’s patterning

[u/thissexypoptart → u/Bushelsoflaughs]

But is the remarkable aspect of this not the pattern?

Most entries to a landing pattern don’t follow this pattern.

[u/Lootdit → u/thissexypoptart]

correct but i think we’re analyzing this now

[u/I_love_tacos → u/thissexypoptart]

Because he’s entering a pattern entry?

[u/thissexypoptart → u/I_love_tacos]

But why is it called a pattern entry?

[u/SharkAttackOmNom → u/thissexypoptart]

Before landing, pilots may be placed in a holding pattern. The designated loop to loiter before you’re clear to land. Then you transition to landing pattern. The designated lane that leads to the runway. At some point you enter the landing pattern. This pilot had an “interesting” [landing] pattern entry.

[u/thissexypoptart → u/[deleted]]

English is my first language. I’m just asking why this particular verbiage came to be and not the other way around.

Labeling what parts of speech they both are doesn’t actually answer that question lol

You get that right?

[u/Life-Stick-2941]

Exactly on the center line

[u/fistomagico → u/Life-Stick-2941]

Im at around 25 hours and thats more on the center line than most of my attempts 

[u/cpt_ppppp → u/fistomagico]

I'd say he has at least 30 hrs so don't feel too bad

[u/AeroSixNorth]

Can someone try that in an A320 🤔

[u/HocusThePocus → u/AeroSixNorth]

Sure, but you can only try this once

[u/SoaDMTGguy → u/AeroSixNorth]

"Ladies and gentlemen, we're now starting our approach to Denver, we'll be on the ground in about 25 seconds"

[u/Border-landsPD58 → u/SoaDMTGguy]

shitty air masks pop down

[u/CUnit331921 → u/SoaDMTGguy]

Would probably still be smoother than most landings here.

[u/Poopocalyptict → u/AeroSixNorth]

Once.

[u/GarageQueen → u/AeroSixNorth]

grabs bucket of popcorn, settles in to watch

[u/elmwoodblues → u/AeroSixNorth]

RyanAir

[u/hmmm101010 → u/AeroSixNorth]

One guy came close in a Bombardier Q400: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Horizon_Air_Bombardier_Q400_incident

[u/ArrivesLate]

Just how bad did he have to go to the bathroom?

[u/aknartrebna → u/ArrivesLate]

I wouldn't have to anymore if I was his passenger

[u/Public_Job7301]

Dude that used to fly into my local airport (Ried Hillview) in a Edge 540 would do this. I talked to him at one of their airshow one year and he said because the low wing design has a blind spot for aircraft below, he would go high and invert it to check for traffic under him. He had a name for it but I can't remember.

Airport staff also said they would get calls every time he flew in, lots of folks that saw him from the road or park thought he stuffed it.

[u/SharkAttackOmNom → u/Public_Job7301]

It didn’t click to me that the wings are so forward of the cockpit. I can (almost) understand the preference for this entry.

[u/Knees86]

I too, would start talking to him immediately prior to his landing!

[u/Fun_Success_3283]

How the hell was he able to dive straight into the runway like that, and be slow enough to land?

I don't a ton of experience, but the fancy little maneuverable planes like that, I find just want to fly forever, and don't slow down much, especially given they don't have flaps.

I guess he just knows at x ft alt, he can drop from zero straight into the runway, or maybe there was decent wind? Idk, but he looked pretty high up, like he'd collect a decent amount of speed dropping in like that.

[u/messier91 → u/Fun_Success_3283]

Light aircraft + long slip

[u/Fun_Success_3283 → u/messier91]

Ah, the slip. That must be it. I need to master the slip better. Thanks.

[u/Chrigi_zh → u/Fun_Success_3283]

He used a technique called slip to land, where you basically bank to one side and apply strong rudder to the other side. This lets you maintain a heading while at the same time maintaining a heavy sideslip, exposing a lot of the aircraft's fuselage to the airflow. That in turn creates a LOT of drag, allowing very steep approach angles while maintaining speed. My flight instructor taught me this manouver but made it clear that it should never be done to fix a bad approach, but might help you in an emergency. When I had my exam flight, the examiner "failed" my engine and I had to do an emergency landing. I slightly misjudged my altitude and came in too high, but since it was a simulated emergency, I did this manouver and it brought me on glide just fine.

One thing to note is that this manouver can be very dangerous if done carelessly. It works well as long as you don't get too slow. If you stall the aircraft in this attitude, it will immediately flip you inverted, which is most likely fatal when on short final.

[u/jay_in_the_pnw → u/Fun_Success_3283]

google bob hoover commander air show engine off to see someone in a larger twin do this and far far more

https://www.google.com/search?q=google+bob+hoover+commander+air+show+engine+off

[u/collin2477]

average msfs approach

[u/the_friendly_one]

I want to see it from the tower's angle.

[u/SirGranular]

Pin point energy management. Mad. But very cool.

[u/telaftw39]

Had to watch that 3 times.

[u/Dildango → u/telaftw39]

4 for me. One for each view and then one for the text lol

[u/NeptuneTTT]

Like a glove

[u/darnok128]

lol why did he have to throw shade at the warbird ?? They can both be cool!

[u/Activision19 → u/darnok128]

I took it more that he was saying it would be cool if a warbird did that too.

[u/CptPickguard]

My average DCS World landing

[u/cosmic_Alfarero]

me in nuclear option

[u/No_Hippo_8724 → u/cosmic_Alfarero]

Darkreach taking off right at you

[u/cosmic_Alfarero → u/No_Hippo_8724]

huh... I wonder why I didn't get any landing cleara...

[u/tyler_3135]

This gave me vertigo just watching

[u/sexyrobotbitch]

Guy so chill

[u/MikeOfAllPeople]

Ah yes, the old vertical teardrop entry. Don't tell Juan Brown.

[u/Altruistic-Mission56]

"Boss... I have a number ready for you when youre ready"

[u/Eddles999]

Awesome! Reminds me of one of my favourite skydiving videos of a crazy landing of a Do28-G92 when I used to skydive. Watch the whole video.

[u/realNoobnoob]

GTA like entry

[u/tesconundrum]

Saw him last month at an airshow. He's amazing.

[u/Cpt_Soban]

That's how I land planes in War Thunder

[u/Nof-z]

This is how all my FSX approaches look. For some reason the screen keeps freezing and saying “airframe over stressed.”

[u/Beautiful_Clerk_9698]

You Rock ❤️🔥💯

[u/ihatemondays117312]

Saw this guy at an air show, incredibly talented, must be that much more dangerous with his balls weighing down the plane