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even “cheat” by using the synthetic vision’s trend vector, or as most know it, the “green bullseye,” by placing the center of the bullseye directly on the white horizon line. If the white horizon line perfectly cuts through the green circle, you will not lose or gain a single foot.
After turns, I tried out a power-off stall as I am always curious about the stalling characteristics of new- to-me aircraft. As expected, it had a benign break at the stall and recov- ered smoothly without any big wing drops. After a bit of hand-flying some basic maneuvers, the typical Florida traffic was starting to burst, and we decided it was best to head in for my first-ever approach and landing in the Fury (or any Piper M-Class series, for that matter).
Emergency on Approach
This is where things got interest- ing. We got setup over the Atlantic Ocean on the RNAV 22 into Vero Beach, where the tower cleared us for the straight-in. The tower was incredibly busy. We were asked to slow to 100 knots for spacing, then asked to do a right 360-degree turn, and finally, once inbound again, set to follow Cherokee traffic we had eyes on in front of us. The spacing seemed tight, but we were cleared to land.
Gear was down and locked, f laps were full, and we were ready to land when we heard an aircraft chime in on the radio telling the tower that they had an alternator failure. Tower sprang into action and canceled all our landing clearances to prioritize
this aircraft. The silver lining of this event is that I saw how the Fury handles in a real-world scenario. A go-around when you least expect it can be challenging to manage, es- pecially in an aircraft you are not familiar with.
I climbed back to a safe altitude to be vectored back around onto the base for Runway 22. The Fury was certainly manageable, and having au- topilot and autothrottle makes for the best copilot. We circled around and reconfigured, and I came in over the numbers at about 85 knots at Joel’s recommendation.
The landing profile was about how you expect any low wing to land: parallel the runway just a few feet above the surface, let the energy
After turns, I tried out a power-off stall as I am always curious about the stalling characteristics of new-to-me aircraft.”
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