Mr Static,
The majority of airfields in the UK are short strips, and many of those are grass. The majority of SEP aircraft in the UK have fixed under-carriage and fixed props. The majority of light aircraft in the UK are used solely for pleasure.
As far as I'm aware, the situation in the US is identical.
As regards your hundreds of carrier landings, I have to say that I truly am impressed. I've read enough about them to know that they are blindingly difficult. They also require a stunning amount of bravery. Hats off to you, you deserve a lot of respect for that.
However, I seem to remember that carrier landings are controlled by a nice young chap signalling corrective instructions to the descending pilot. Hardly what I would call a landing judged solely by the pilot's judgement of a descent profile.
I would like to ask you straight if you have EVER landed ANYWHERE without the use of visual aids such as PAPI, VASI, ILS or whatever?
Last point, your methods, if utilised in a vintage aircraft like a Tiger Moth would be, I hesitate to type this, dangerous. The idea that I should drag an aircraft like a Chipmunk, J3 Cub or SuperCub down a shallow 3 degree glide-scope, with all my metaphorical eggs in a single basket, i.e. 100% faith in my engine, fills me with abject horror.
I also know that the various instructors that I've sat in front of in all three types mentioned, would have dragged me out of the cockpit and then given me a bloody good kicking for being so sodding stupid.
I agree that TIGER_MOTH should take the advice on given on this thread with two or three pounds of salt.
TW