MJ,
That may be the case ... but what Centaurus is highlighting .. and VERY correctly so .... is the fact that the unthinking pilot who
(a) uses a higher speed for landing, recommended or otherwise, being a higher speed than that on which the landing distance data is predicated, and
(b) doesn't do some simple correcting sums for the published landing distance, and
(c) does both of the above going into a critically short bush strip after doing all his/her flying at a major aerodrome
might suffer a fright or worse ..... think about it ... the CP or CFI probably is not going to go along too readily with some tale about using the same speed which worked fine on a 5000 ft strip length....
This is not an academic topic ... the next guy or gal who comes unstuck doing the higher speed approach trick into a paddock strip will have had plenty of antecedent company ....
Last edited by john_tullamarine; 12th May 2002 at 02:36.