PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Why is landing the bloody plane so hard?!
Old 5th Mar 2015, 19:39
  #71 (permalink)  
skyhighfallguy
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: yankton, sd
Posts: 290
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
dear chuck

many small planes use the power on touchdown for soft field landings. its even in their poh.

bolter is a navy term for carrier ops, and yes most private pilots won't land on carriers

but neither will they fly DC3s, jets or PBY Catalinas.

and saying where you worked means very little, as this is the internet. and we know what that means.


So, don't sign someone off without a 200' power off approach, FINE.


I wouldn't sign someone off without a power cut abeam the numbers on the downwind and making it.

Or demonstrating a normal, power on approach , touching down where you aimed.


Lots of things are required to be signed off. And power on approaches take as much skill as power off, IF NOT A LITTLE MORE.
skyhighfallguy is offline