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Old 16th Apr 2005, 22:02
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SquawkModeA
 
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Landing your average, tricycle GA-aircraft (which is all I have experience from) should always be done stalled. The target will be to stall the aircraft as you touch down. Ideally you should be flying level so close to the runway surface that when you do stall you will touch down very gently, at the lowest possible groundspeed. Such a touchdown is very, very satisfying but happens rarely, at least for me.

You can go down with a bump, of course, but that's quite normal. All it takes is that you round out just a little to high and then when you stall you drop into the runway. That's not a problem. Indeed, you can easily make perfectly smooth landings by touching down with all three wheels at the same time, but that's obviously not a good landing. On the centerline, on the planned touchdown point and fully stalled - that's an excellent landing, whether or not you experience a "bump".
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