aulglase:
Don't know the length of the paddock. Side slipping those particular aerobatic aircraft is necessary as they do not have flaps.
The ailerons are nearly full-span, so side slipping is really the best (only?!) method of approach path control. It allows an increase in rate of descent, while keeping the speed under control.
And there where some good sized palm trees not far from the threshold!
And at times there was a reasonable x-wind on the 45 aswell!
So for all those reasons I was pretty impressed with the airmanship shown!
