How do you land a plane?

[Nark1]

The problem with the 4-bars, is they think the Airbus flies like a 172 and the fly a 172 like an airbus. (As I typed this, I just ironed my shirt which has.....4 bars...for a trip tomorrow )


They don't fly the same.


I think the local guys and ATC'er whipped out their cell phones to capture my impeding crash when I first showed up in the 180.  They aren't used to seeing a person flying a plane inside that 5 mile final.

[Colonel]

[quote]... fly a 172 like an airbus[/quote]

A sad world when people think that all aircraft are the same.

[Chuck Ellsworth]

[quote][font=verdana]One of my pet peeves is that the morons push this "stablized approach" [/font][font=verdana]crap.[/font][/quote][font=verdana]


Can you imagine a aerial application pilot setting up a stabilzed approach for every run down the field?  :) [/font]

[Slick Goodlin]

[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=9123.msg25066#msg25066 date=1538645977]
One of my pet peeves is that the morons push this "stablized approach" crap.
[/quote]
I completely agree with the core concept of being stabilized, which is basically just having your shit together.  It’s the people who push doing the wrong approach at the wrong time and place I’m less fond of.

[Colonel]

IMHO it would be very surprising if people [i]didn't[/i] have trouble landing.

Landing requires that the pilot joins up and flies formation very precisely with
the runway, decreasing airspeed to the back side of the power curve
and below the stall.

Now, if you asked a pilot to do the above at a safe altitude, he would
certainly not be able to.  Only [b]BAD PEOPLE[/b] join up and fly formation,
we are told by Arlo Speer and Ron MacEwen.

And, without meaningful practice, flying on the back side of the power
curve at altitude - flight instructors are scared of stalling/spinning - how
on earth do you expect low-time pilots to do it with precision of +/- 1 foot
at the surface?!

Didn't two instructors at Mount Royal - with tens of thousands of airline
hours - try to fly slowly recently, and killed themselves?

If they can't fly slowly, why on earth would you expect a 20 hour pilot to
be able to do it?

Here's someone flying a stupid red biplane slowly:

[youtube][/youtube]

He doesn't do it as well as a four bar, but he tries.

Free advice: for most pilots, the time spent on the back side of the power
curve could be logged in [i]seconds[/i].

Try for [i]minutes[/i].  From your not-so-local [b]BAD PERSON[/b] who has
spent countless hours on the back side of the power curve.

[Chuck Ellsworth]

[quote][font=Verdana]Amazing what you can find on the interwebs... [/font][font=Verdana] [color=rgb(51, 68, 102)]Chuck E. Landing techniques[/color][/font][/quote][font=Verdana]


Thanks CD.  :) [/font]