Cessna 150 landing on runway 12 at Joliet Airport

Base to Final Approach on runway 12 at Joliet Regional Airport.

I realize the VASI indicates a high approach, but I tend to fly above the glide slope because of the gas station 500 feet from the threshold.

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• Cessna
• Aviation
• Transportation
• Airplanes
• Airports
• Joliet
• Runway
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• Cockpit

[soupys]

Looks and sounds like N11283

[AAKaufmann]

@soupys You are correct! It is!

[soupys]

@AAKaufmann, first plane i ever flew. Now i'm in 3674 and 80389

[KiDFRANKKK]

lol i hate that gas station too

[PropHead30]

haha i do the same thing over that gas station, i like having the runway made too!

[pilohock]

Well great landing, i will explain to you why its beter to be on a higher glide slope when you are in a SE aircraft, like a cessna 150/152, containing an old carburator engine. It is a safe thing to do coming in slightly above the glide slope, say if you were to have an engine failure on final. In a twin on the other hand if one engine should fail you have an other one which could, take on the approach. In a 150 you have only one engine, so its airman ship to play it smart on glide path.