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Old 2nd August 2005 | 15:50
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Loony_Pilot
 
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Mike Cross is exactly right, the method is called the "constant aspect " and you keep your landing point in the same place in the window (be it the side window in a gentle spiral or the windscreen during a straight in.

You dont need to know aircraft glide performance (with the exception of the correct speed/pitch) or have to worry about a height to be at at any given point.

It works a dream and I've taught it at PPL level for 3 yrs now ever since I was converted to it on my instructors course.

LP
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