First Flight to Kemble | Gusty Crosswinds on a Gloucester to Kemble VFR

Описание: This was a short VFR flight from Gloucester Airport over to Kemble Airport, flown in the Skyranger Nynja.

Conditions looked good on paper with excellent visibility, but the flight turned out to be more turbulent than expected — a good reminder of how lively things can be in lighter aircraft.

This flight was also a chance to properly test some of my new DJI camera and audio setup in real-world GA conditions, rather than in perfectly smooth air.

On final approach everything felt stable, with CRAP and FADS checks complete, but a gust in the flare pushed the aircraft off the centreline. With a slight balance issue and gusting crosswind, it needed quite a lot of aileron to keep the aircraft tracking the runway.

I did consider a go-around, but with Kemble’s runway width and length available, and with the aircraft remaining under control, I was comfortable continuing the landing and using the available runway.

Flights like this are a great learning opportunity — not every landing is perfect, especially when you’re still building time and consistency on a new aircraft type.

I’d be really interested to hear your thoughts:
Would you have continued the landing, or elected to go around in this situation?

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Timecodes:
0:00 – Introduction: A Routine Flight… or So I Thought
0:33 – Why This Flight Matters (New Aircraft & Camera Setup)
0:58 – Getting the ATIS at Gloucester
1:52 – Taxi to Holding Point A2
2:14 – Waiting at the Hold
4:33 – Departure from Gloucester (Runway 27)
6:09 – En Route to Kemble
7:46 – Turbulence Worse Than Forecast
8:09 – Why I Needed This Flight
8:36 – My Previous Kemble Experience
9:09 – The Negus Boeing 747
9:36 – Switching to Kemble Information
11:23 – Busy Radio & Circuit Traffic
12:52 – Approaching the Kemble ATZ
13:35 – Standard Overhead Join at Kemble
16:47 – In the Kemble Circuit
19:00 – The Landing: What Didn’t Go to Plan
20:32 – Honest Debrief: Land or Go Around?
21:38 – Why Flights Like This Really Matter
21:58 – Exploring Kemble Airfield
23:46 – Final Thoughts & Wrap-Up