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Old 28th August 2003 | 01:15
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bar shaker
 
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The steep approach is a good point. Its done, primarily, to get enough speed to overcome crosswind but is also used so that you've got plenty in reserve if some unexpected rotor starts chucking you about, close to the deck.

At ML fields, the normal way to come in is with height and glide in on idle, making every landing a PFL. It would be bad show to do this at a nice long mixed type field and it would be asking for trouble if other types were in circuit.

If the wind is good and straight down the strip, there's no reason not to use a normal powered approach as in GA.
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