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Old 3rd Jul 2005, 16:58
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Barshaker, did I say that there's no point in doing glide approaches? Of course they should be practised.

I may practise flapless approaches in case of flap/electrical failure, but it doesn't mean ALL my approaches have to be like that.

My point is that if I'm examining someone and they always glide it in the last few hundred feet, I ask them to do a powered approach to the flare, and guess what, most can't achieve an accurate, on-speed touchdown in the right place. And that worries me!
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