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Old 11th Feb 2006, 14:52
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NickLappos
 
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IMHO the BEST approach technique to the deck is the one you are less likely to screw up, while completely ignoring the idea of an engine failure during the last several seconds of the approach. A slow approach is much easier to fly, and requires much less adjustment at the end to terminate at zero forward and zero downward speed (the whole idea of why we are shooting the approach).

If you look at the stats, the pilot screws up the bottom about 5 to 10 times more often than an engine quits (hard deck contact, slides off deck, hits obstructions, etc.), so making an approach that accounts for OEI but is harder to successfully fly is like screwing for chastity.
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