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Old 28th Apr 2011, 02:59
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RatherBeFlying
 
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AA5 or AA5A or AA5B?

The latter are the Cheetah and Tiger that Ray LoPresti developed from the AA5 for Grumman.

They are all different in their own way.

Watch your gross weight. When I did one checkout the instructor asked if his hefty friend could sit in the back. The flare stalled out a bit sooner than expected

Do some landings with the fuel at minimal legal levels and work out what approach speed you want to use. Hint: the full gross approach speed will run you out of runway. Many AA5/A/Bs have come to grief in late go-arounds. Full flap does not bleed off airspeed.

You need to work this out before setting off on a long trip to a short runway.

Do Not push the nose on to the runway or allow a PIO. My favorite rental came to grief that way with another pilot.

Airspeed selection and control on approach is key.
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