Nigelh - you sure about the final word?
When your only donk stops, no amount of flaring will keep it airborne. She will eventually make contact with terra firma. AND if you are inside the HVC when it happens - and you react as joe average acts, you will either hit the ground fast or hard or both. All of which will almost certainly cause damage or death or both.
Do not dispute this - this is fact according to test pilots, not crop dusters.......perleeeeeze.
Nigelh - are you really sure about the last word.........................................
If you really want to talk about your other issues - start a new thread. We've totally hijacked this - apologies to the OP.