I learned to fly in a brand-new Cessna 152, 757 WW, known around McKinnon airport and various control towers on the Southeastern coast of the United States as "Double Shot". The year was 1977. My instructor, one of the nicest people I have ever met, had amassed 28,000 hours in a plethora of types. That's over three years aloft! His landing protocol involving flap adjustment was as follows: downwind - 10 degrees; base - 20 degrees; long final - 30 degrees; short final - 40 degrees. The simple go-around procedure was throttle fire-walled, carburetor heat off, and flaps up. Must've worked as I am still here to tell the tale...
- Ed