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- Nov 1, 2019
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I'm still impressed that RAF pilots in Norway were able to land their Hurricanes onto HMS Glorious.
There are several videos of planes in trouble for various reasons, like undercart not lowered or one where an instructor took ill. The landings are a very, very gradual descent onto a very, very, long runway. They bear no relation to any normal landing, just a slow reduction in speed until the plane touches down.. I suppose they put the screen requirement in to ensure the plane is actually being landed in the normal sense.The RAF measured take off and landing runs to and from an imaginary 50' screen. I don't know why, but it was a standard for all aircraft.
A flatter glide would make the landing run longer.
Bit of an impossible question to answer, so many variables...landing on grass, dry? wet? concrete or bitumen? gear up or down? flaps up or down? power on or off? headwind or tailwind as for the Huricanes landing on Glorious, amazing job by land based pilots but Hurricanes routinely landed on carriers later on in the war (albeit with an arrestor hook) To many variables to give an accurate answer, the Hurricane Mk I pilots notes have 8 sections devoted to landing, but no mention of minimum length required, Mk II notes only have one chapter devoted to landing, again no distances quoted. If you read just about any of the books published about the RAF in WW2 you will find somewhere an account of someone force landing in a field or other clear area, usually not a lot of choice in an emergency. Interesting question, may I ask why you need to know.Hi. First post so please be gentle!
I'm trying to find out what the minimum distance is to land a Hurricane. Not having much success on the 'net.
TIA
The RAF measured take off and landing runs to and from an imaginary 50' screen. I don't know why, but it was a standard for all aircraft.
A flatter glide would make the landing run longer.
It would be useful in defining or deciding what could be used as an airfield in France and UK. Gladiators were sent with the BEF and still used in the BoB in the south west due to lack suitable airfields.I don't know why the RAF chose the 50' fence to measure of landing distance, but if you asked me to guess I would hazard that it was to allow clearance over the trees and other obstacles that might surround a WWI and later aerodrome. The landing distance obviously determines the minimum size of such an aerodrome.
I would imagine it would form the roughest of rough guides and was probably doubled or trebled for an actual airfield. You need to be able to land planes whose flaps aren't working with a tail wind and a full load of fuel, or any other worst case scenario, as well as the best case.Yes, I agree.
The British government did not have the ability to cut down trees or demolish property which was not within the boundaries of the land it purchased. It did not and does not work like that here. Within the UK it would need to know that the dimensions of a prospective aerodrome were adequate and that aircraft could land safely without colliding with the neighbouring farmer's trees or market gardener's green houses etc.
Resp:I would imagine it would form the roughest of rough guides and was probably doubled or trebled for an actual airfield. You need to be able to land planes whose flaps aren't working with a tail wind and a full load of fuel, or any other worst case scenario, as well as the best case.
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Since this post is knowledgeable about Hurricanes, can anyone tell me about the Irish Air Force. I was under the impression that Ireland sat out WWII. However, On britmodeller.com, there is a B/W photo of unusual 'roundel' marking on a row of Hurricanes. The caption reads 'Irish Air Force.' Thanks.
I would imagine it would form the roughest of rough guides and was probably doubled or trebled for an actual airfield. You need to be able to land planes whose flaps aren't working with a tail wind and a full load of fuel, or any other worst case scenario, as well as the best case.