Originally Posted by
Forfoxake
Cannot speak for the O-235 on a C152 but the O-240 much better than the O-200 on the C150s I flew because you could (usually) get back out of the short strips you could get into with the 40 degree flap down!
Back in about 1980, when Derek Johnson, CFI of 3 Counties Aero Club, was invited to take an aircraft into RMA Sandhurst, he used one of his Aerobats either G-BBNX or 'Y. The main parade ground in front of the Academy building is a shade under 200m long and he successfully landed, then took off again. I personally (with only 400hr TT) wouldn't like to try that in a C152 but I would in an Aerobat.
I suppose an AAC Auster or even a Beaver might have done it in the past but as far as I'm aware that was the only civil aircraft to do it.
The reason for the visit was 3 Counties had a contract to train some Sandhurst Officer Cadets to PPL standard.