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Old 5th Mar 2015, 01:14
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Chuck Ellsworth
 
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Yes, even the Harrier can be landed power off because it uses wings to fly.

However I very much doubt many here in the private forum of Pprune will be flying a Harrier.

So just to clarify my position I have spent many decades teaching the art of flying all over the world and have yet to fly any aircraft fixed or rotary wing that can not be landed power off from any altitude you choose.

As a point of interest one of my customers was an astronaut who flew the space shuttle and he had no problem with landing from 200 feet power off, he understood the concept quite well.

Here is a thought to ponder, if you are not comfortable with power off approaches and landings how safe would you be if you had an engine failure in a single engine aircraft..fixed or rotary wing?

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