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Old 14th August 2010 | 16:51
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Fuji Abound
 
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Yes, use wing down as soon as you are comfortable - it is a much more effective technique.

Your job flying the approach and landing is in fact to avoid landing.

Your mindset is to assume the aircraft is not going to land. Eventually if everything goes according to plan, you will eventually run out of airspeed before you run out of runway and make the perfect greaser, but, if you dont, you a ready to keep on flying in the go around.

In other words it is a good rule to remember, you only land when everything looks right and is right, otherwise go around and have another go. If you land before you and the aircraft are ready and stable it will not be pretty, even if you can walk away from it.

This probably makes little sense now - but maybe you will recall this approach in time, and it will make sense. It did for me.
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