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Old 5th Mar 2015, 11:52
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Got to admit without wanting to enter the debate with the likes of Chuck and Step who are far more experienced than I will ever be that most of my landings are more or less power off. I always have this concern that I want to make the field if the donk stops, especially given some of the approaches to some fields that we have here in UK, think about approaching Sandtoft on 23..plus I spent my formative flying years flying gliders so I guess the habit has stuck.

If you are a bit high and at idle you can always slip it in, I take it we all know how to do that. Given of course we observe a/c limitations as to slip and the amount of flap selected, I'm thinking older 172s with 40 degrees available.

Edit: I don't think talking about power off and slip landings etc is doing the OP any good at all!
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