Happy Landings
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» ingrast - The art of landing
Remember Len Morgan from Flying Mag? He honestly admited not mastering the art of landing. His last one before retirement was good but not perfect, even in the docile behemoth the 747 is (and if you know what you are doing).A fellow Captain sweared his last one should be perfect. If his first attempt did not, he should keep circling and trying again. After all, what could his boss do, fire him?
Landing light planes is much more difficult, at least in a really polished way.
-- posted by ingrast
» wbeye - Re: I always thought
In response to message posted by jerrib:Hi, Jerri -
I do have lots of student-induced gray hair amongst the brown! Sometimes it's hard not to just grab the controls and say, "That's it! No more today!" But then there are the very proud moments when my students do perfect landings all by themselves -- those make the struggle worthwhile.
Wendy
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» wbeye - Re: The art of landing
In response to message posted by ingrast:Rodolfo - Yes, I read Len Morgan's columns, too.
I have a friend who is an airline pilot with a gazillion hours. He flies a Cessna 185 for fun, and he says sometimes he believes he has landings all figured out, then the airplane "bites" him and he bounces one down the runway. It takes a lot of finesse!
Wendy
-- posted by wbeye
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