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Old 31st August 2008 | 18:13
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barit1
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OK, now that you are more specific, I won't disagree with this procedure - but remember that this "procedure" must evolve to a technique when wind, excess runway, etc. are taken into consideration.

When I was in university we had spot-landing contests based on this. I never won, but then I always planned in a genuine engine failure to carry excess potential & kinetic energy, then slip down to the desired touchdown point.

And my father - who had practiced forced landings since the 30s, when they were an accepted part of flying - at age 92 was confronted with carburetor ice and made a very uneventful landing.
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