Cessna 172 approach speed
I'll shortly be getting checked out in a Cessna 172 (1981 172P) and have been studying the Flight manual.
The indicated stalling speed in the landing configuration (Vs0) is given as 33 Knots but the short field approach speed is given as 61 knots.... a factor of around 1.85. I was always told that a short field approach was normally done at 1.3 x Vs0. Isn't 1.3 x Vs0 the normal Vref? Any ideas why the approach speed is so high?