My dad (God rest his soul) who was an experienced veteran light aircraft instructor (and instructor of instructors come to that) always told me that the first bit of the teaching/patter for EFTS (that's E for Empire!) was "Pick A Point To Land On".
I happened to stroll down to the local GA airfield last Sunday and I stood watching a few approaches and landings. Nearly all of them touched down circa one third to one half way up a 900 metre strip. I won't even comment on the landing technique of some of the aircraft/pilots since that would be a good topic for another thread!
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