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Old 5th February 2007 | 18:27
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IO540
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You will get as many replies as people to this one.

Personally I do a crab approach i.e. wings level and no rudder use.

Then, during the flare I use the rudder to straighten the plane out**, and use opposite aileron to prevent sideways drift.

The landing is then on one wheel first (the upwind one) and after a bit the other one touches down.

** Normally, due to the very significant wind shear in the last few yards of height above the runway, the plane turns onto the runway heading all by itself anyway, and this turn continues due to yaw inertia. Applying the rudder at this point (and no earlier) works very well, because you are applying only as much as is needed.
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