Airfield-hopping day in Germany - Part 2/4: Trier-Foehren (EDRT) to Koblenz-Winningen (EDRK)
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Airfield-hopping day in Germany - Part 2/4: Trier-Foehren (EDRT) to Koblenz-Winningen (EDRK)
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See description below (with timestamps at the bottom).
Weather:
METAR EDFH 261020Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW027 18/09 Q1024
METAR EDFH 261050Z 26003KT 190V300 9999 FEW035 18/07 Q1024
METAR EDFH 261120Z VRB03KT 9999 FEW044 18/07 Q1024
METAR EDFH 261150Z VRB04KT 9999 FEW048 19/08 Q1024
Description:
After a few short sightseeing flights with friends, I thought it was time for a nice airfield-hopping day with all the cameras up, as the last time I flew to multiple airports on one day was still back in 2023...
This time I choose to visit three airports in Germany, out of which two would be completely new in my logbook. Landing at four different airports the same day would also be a new personal record for me. Keeping the number of new airports at two helped to keep the amount of preparation and workload at a reasonable level.
In this video I share with you the second leg of the day, from Trier-Foehren (EDRT) to Koblenz-Winningen (EDRK). This time I left much more in the edited video, including 100% of the flows and checklists, all ATC communications, and basically everything I did during the flight.
Koblenz is special as they have two patterns active at the same time for the same runway on the Northern and Southern side of the airport. As I was coming from the Southwest, I expected the Southern pattern to be recommended by AFIS, so when they actually said Northern, I did not realise I was on the "wrong" side. Nobody ever said anything after I read back my joining intentions for the opposite (left hand) pattern, and I only noticed this mix-up while editing the video... Also, I was on converging bases with another aircraft, so I followed the tower personnel's recommendation and made an orbit on left base to avoid the potential conflict, which lead to some improvised - but mostly good - procedure in proximity of high terrain.
This was my second visit to Koblenz, but my first time was with a different aircraft type, on the opposite pattern, and in the opposite landing direction, so this video definitely contains a lot of new material.
00:00 Before start checklist
01:06 Engine start
01:37 After start checklist
01:53 Before taxi checklist
03:08 Requesting departure information from Trier Info
03:28 Taxi to the holding point (and some extra departure briefing)
04:50 Before take-off checklist
05:32 Lining up
06:04 Take-off EDRT RWY 22
06:40 After take-off flow
06:47 Early turn left according to the departure procedure
07:12 Passing 500' above the pattern altitude
07:50 Leaving the aerodrome area
08:19 Checking in with Langen Information (no flight plan this time)
08:54 Balancing the fuel tanks and after take-off checklist (flow was already done)
09:15 Welcome message and briefing for this flight
10:21 Arrival briefing for Koblenz
10:41 Views along the Moselle
10:54 SkyDemon setup for the arrival (other traffic towards Koblenz audible)
11:27 Starting the descent
11:53 Leaving Langen Information
12:17 Contacting Koblenz Radio for landing information
12:43 Incorrect read-back - never noticed...
12:55 Descent and Approach checklists (Burg Eltz in front of the wing)
13:24 Clearing turns during descent
13:56 Airfield in sight
14:23 Unusually high terrain below
14:42 Joining the left hand pattern at the beginning of the downwind
15:12 Amazing views on downwind (viaduct, river, valley slopes, airfield, TV tower)
15:29 Traffic on the opposite side of the airfield in the Northern pattern
15:46 Close (but as close as I should be) to the TV tower
16:17 Turning left base, while the traffic on the other side is turning right base
16:37 Traffic information (and avoidance suggestion) from AFIS
16:48 An orbit to the right to avoid the converging traffic
17:48 Re-joining the base leg
18:18 Turning final (landing lights on, flaps landing checked, brakes off checked)
18:32 Final call
19:00 Landing EDRK RWY 23 (followed by replays from other angles)
19:41 Wheel shimmy on the landing roll
20:00 Runway vacated, taxi to the grass parking
20:53 Parking
21:08 After landing checklist
21:17 Quick debrief and plans for the rest of the day
21:56 Shutdown flow (following the checklist)