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- Mission 5 Briefing
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- A sneak attack on our supply base by enemy strike fighters has left a
- number of air force personnel dead and injured. Almost all medical equipment
- was destroyed by the rocket attack and therefore extra supplies are needed
- urgently. To add to our problems, winds of up to eighty kilometres an hour
- are sweeping across the islands, making take off and landing impossible for
- choppers.
- Our only hope saving the injured, is to risk flying a Hercules to the
- supply base. As our most experienced pilot, you have been volunteered to fly
- the mission.
- Take off and landing in high winds is very tricky, and so several
- precautions need to be taken. On take off, the wind will be more or less
- from the east so there should not be too much sideways drift. It will
- however be difficult to reach a normal take off speed although this should
- not cause any problems.
- Landing the C13O back on the runway will be much harder, with the wind
- blowing across the runway. Approach at at least 7O% power as you will have
- to fly the plane into the wind at about 3O degrees to the runway. Bring the
- plane down slowly using rudder to check any side-slip. On touch down,
- quickly use the nose wheel steering to line the plane back up along the
- runway, and turn on the wheel brakes.
- Remember, if your first approach doesn't look good, hit the power, gear
- up and go round again : don't risk losing the plane and the supplies you're
- carrying.
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- Good luck pilot.