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Old 6th May 2009, 11:22
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SkyCamMK
 
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Landing phases

Hi I suppose it is a bit of semantics for some but my point is that if after a steady descent one rounds out and flies parallel to the runway and does not continue to apply back pressure to maintain lift a flat landin may result and this is not good especially in a Cessna. I trained at Sherburn in early eighties and "Jacko" was most insistent. Landing on grass there he wanted the yoke back in your gut at the end of the landing and was very wary of the bounce likely from bumps in the grass!

No axe to grind, but from the number of nosewheel incidents still happening in Cessna types I think I will continue to train as I learned. Terminology may get in the way a bit from certain purists as demonstrated here perhaps. It is of course only my "opinion" and is open to challenge, I could be persuaded to change many aspects given sufficient evidence and reason. Perhaps I am just a grumpy Yorkshireman working in the south!
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