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Originally Posted by Step Turn View Post
Nothing in 39 years of flying had told me that retracting flaps for a continued landing is a formal emergency procedure, why would I train for it?
Because it might one day save your life.
Not just if you've misjudged a glide approach. It's possible to lose all engine power after configuring for landing. Certainly unusual, but it has happened.
Think BA38.
I'm sorry, I don't get the point of this one at all.
If I lose my engine after configured for landing, then I will, well, um, land.
I shouldn't have to change anything in the configuration of the aeroplane to accomplish the landing.
If I'm landing in such a way that I require an engine to land, then I'm descending on too low of a glide slope.
Once I've committed to landing, the only thing I should need the engine for is a go-around.