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A GOPRO CAMERA mounted on the tailwheel assembly recorded the airplane's attitude and
runway placement during a series of landings. Reviewing the video showed the pilot exactly
what was happening during a series of takeoffs and landings in windy conditions.
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"I'm surprised that the bounces, on tape, don't
look as bad as they felt when they were actually
happening," the pilot said. "I can see what I've
got to do to eliminate them."
The pilot made four takeoffs and
landings with a quartering headwind
gusting to 20 knots. A second camera
with audio recorded the pilot's comments
and observations during the 45-minute
flight. Afterward, I asked the pilot what
he expected to see on the video, and his
answer was succinct and, as it turned out,
accurate.
"I'm anticipating two good landings,
two bad landings, and lots of bounces in
between," he said. "All of the touchdowns
were left of the centerline, and most of
them drifted further left on rollout."
The camera captured pretty much
exactly that.
The pilot and I reviewed the video on
a wide-screen monitor, and he'd slow it
down and replay key sections. The audio
was helpful, too, because it showed his
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perceptions of what the airplane was doing
in the moment matched the reality of what
was taking place where the rubber met the
runway.
"I'm surprised that the bounces, on
tape, don't look as bad as they felt when
they were actually happening," the pilot
said. "I can see what I've got to do to eliminate them."
There's an old saying that every landing
improves-in the pilot's mind, anyway-the
farther he taxis away from the touchdown
zone. But POV cameras allow us to see
things as they really happened. We can be
clinical and dispassionate, and we don't
have to rely on our faulty memories. They
call it a license to learn-and video from
POV cameras can teach us a lot.
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