Plus for the student, a small IAS change is much easier to spot and correct using 'point and power' than a glidepath error is using the 'old' method.....
But like other newer, easier advances in flying (such as SCA for visual navigation), it isn't in some dusty old tome written by Pontius' FI - so it remains a mystery to those still trained by The Ancients!
To remind everyone,
1. Roll out of final turn at right height.
2. Select landing flap.
3. Adjust to Aproach Speed and TRIM.
4. NOW Point at touchdown spot, keep it nailed under the same dead fly spot in the windscreen.
5. Scan TD point - IAS - TD point - IAS continually on the approach.
6. Make small constant power corrections. Minor re-trimming might be needed.
7. Approaching impact, select landing attitude and close throttle. Hold it off until it kisses the runway smoother than a politician with a baby!
Last edited by BEagle; 4th August 2002 at 09:43.