How to Land a Cessna Citation Mustang Single Pilot

[K0BLR]

Hey Mustang Mary, Gotta a question for you....Maybe I am dumb for asking this... What does it take to get to fly this small of a Jet? It looks like you've been doing it for awhile. I have a dream to get my pilots license one day.

[LaZyLuKe25]

is there a jump seat in a citation or did the pic break reg 91.107?

[germb747]

yea, overshoot?

[manifestgtr]

holy mackerel...look at that speed on final...a vast majority of jet aircraft would fall out of the sky...no wonder this thing is certified for single pilot ops

[SuperEd311]

Does the mustang have reverse thrust?

[DiamondPilotDan]

speed brakes? i didnt know the mustang had those?

and i agree! flying that single pilot would be living the dream

[garrettmtemple]

Hey MossY, is the Mustang a truely single pilot aircraft? I been hearing some bad things about VLJ's that are single pilot rated.

[berndl]

Was that VFR? Little overshoot in short final intended?

[gt5004life]

@berndl He noted a tailwind in the turn.

[berndl]

@gt5004life: Tailwind? Ok, but does that explain overshooting and following very steep turn? don't take me wrong, I am not criticising... just wanna konow!

[gt5004life]

@berndl Well it depends on how strong of a crosswind.. He could probably have started turning a bit early and the turned looked like a pretty standard base to final turn. But keep in mind he has a lot to think about. Looking for traffic, completing flows etc.

[berndl]

@gt5004life: Looking for traffic? Not a real threat in an IFR approach... Configuration was set... not too much workload... Maybe the tailwind on base leg was a heavy cross wind on final?

[gt5004life]

@berndl Traffic is always a threat.. If you don't look out for traffic when flying around an airport you're not a good pilot regardless if you're flying IFR.. And this was his first landing in a jet as a single pilot, and this is no PA-28, so the workload is significantly higher than it would be with a 2 man crew. And of course the tailwind on bast would turn in to a crosswind on final, but he was already mis-aligned my the time he got on final.