EAA Chapter 1541 is combining some great spot landing proficiency training with an evening of dinner and hangar flying on Saturday, June 13. Anyone flying to Oshkosh for AirVenture knows about the green (and other color) dots. A pilot has to be able to put his or her airplane down on, or at least pretty close, to the assigned spot to ensure a safe and efficient flow of traffic when two or more airplanes are using the same runway at the same time.
So, let’s get ready for Oshkosh with a spot landing contest. Even if you’re not heading for Oshkosh but want to test (or just show off) your skills, this is the event for you! We’ll begin at 5 pm on what should be a nice pre-summer evening. We’ll gather planes, pilots, observers, and diners at our EAA hangar. For those participating pilots, we’ll assign the appropriate colored dot for your landing effort, and we’ll have a camera out by the runway for a live-stream to show those watching in our hangar just how good you are. Pilots will be challenged to land precisely on a designated target—the Green Dot—testing accuracy, consistency, and short-field technique.
While all that fun flying is going on, we’ll also be getting ready for a special BBQ dinner to help everybody relax after such a trying competition. We’ll spend the rest of the evening enjoying dinner and refreshments, have some good hangar flying, listen to a few pilot lies about how good everybody is, and enjoy some friendly completion among the pilots. We’ll even have a special prize for the declared spot landing champion.
We encourage you to invite fellow aviators to share in an evening that highlights pilot proficiency and camaraderie. Precision landings are a core skill, and this is a great and fun way to stay sharp. Or, if you want to just come out and have some aviation fun, please join us for the evening.
Please email the chapter for specifics on flying or driving in, or check out our website for more information about this event.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP via return email at eaa1541@gmail.com so we can plan accordingly.
Our May pilot education meeting will be held this coming Thursday, May 7th at 7 pm PDT and will have two “What Would You Do?” scenarios, The IMC scenario is a flight in a business twin aircraft that is enroute in IMC conditions as it becomes progressively harder to control due to defective elevator trim. The VMC scenario is a retractable gear single engine aircraft that loses all electrical power immediately after takeoff.