Hello ERA Pilots!

Well, once again this week we are going to include everyone. Everyone that flies that is. So, Friday Mar. 28th. any Aeroplane and any route will count towards that softest landing! There is a catch however......you MUST place "LANDING CONTEST" in the comments section of your PIREP or it will not qualify.
So here's your chance to fly your favorite aircraft on your favorite route and perhaps earn a contest winner badge. Hope to see lot's of participation!

Well we have another repeat by ERR227 Brian Ritz! Brian landed his 208 at -56 FPM while on a flight from 4A2 to PABE to earn the top spot for this weeks contest.

Second place went to ERR483, Dave, who landed his 738 at -68 on a flight from PAKT to KSEA. Congratulations to this weeks winner. If you'd liketo take part, simply check the FORUM for each weeks details and place LANDING CONTEST into your PIREP comments box.

A note on the landing contest. Two points..

#1 We are not obsessed with landing rates here at ERA, but they are important as we frequently land on gravel, dirt or grass. It's important to learn how to land the equipment without tearing it up. Short field landings and takeoffs are often the case. So everyone is encouraged to work on landings below -300 FPM.
If you haven't seen Flying Wild Alaska then we encourage you to watch an episode or 2 and get the feel of where ERA really flies. Strong cross winds, blinding snow storms, icy runways or frozen ground. Fields hacked out of the tundra or landings on river bed rocks.

#2 The landing contests are simply a way to have a little fun and competition between our pilots.

Dave - OM

Hello Brian-

Well done on your landings. Yes, there were a lot of flights yesterday but only two of us typed in LANDING CONTEST in our PIREP box. We will continue to have the weekly contest and hopefully we'll get more participation. We'll stick mostly to the 206 and 208 with a couple of days where you fly what you like. Meanwhile, thanks for taking part and thanks for the words on the big iron....just flyum all the way down and hold it off as long as possible...sometimes you just get lucky!

Dave

I also wanted to throw in a congrats to Brian again. You are doing very well with your landings and its nice to see all the low landing rates! Hopefully if you use teamspeak we can all hop on there and chat during the contest...VATSIM too!!!

Good job! Keep up the good work.