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rstowell@west.net wrote:

> Try this slogan on for size--while it might take up both sides of 
> the t-shirt, methinks it gets to the heart of the matter:

> Slogan: "I'm so bad at judging my final approach that I come in so
> high that I need to use Flaps AND a Slip to have any chance of 
> gettin' my airplane on the that dern runway"

TTTTHHHHHHHHHHHHHbbbbbbbbbbbT!

Heart of the matter, my aunt Fanny.  What side of the bed did
you get up on this morning Rich the "under"?  No such of a thing.

I don't know about anyone else, I want to know what the planes
I fly will do for me in terms of maximum performance.  That's the
heart of the matter IMO, are you the sort of pilot who explores
this in controlled conditions, or do you waits for it to explore 
you.

If I ever have a real engine failure, I'm going to err on the
side of hanging onto too much altitude.  It follows I'd better
know how to get rid of it and land.

Yeah, I'm a low time pilot, only 300 hrs or so, getting used to
a new plane.   I'm not entirely confident of its glide ratio
yet except "Toto I don't think that we're in Cessnas any more".

That means there are other times when I err on the side of
too much altitude, for example when sequenced by ATC to follow
two Cessnas on extended base and extended final at night (3 miles 
of  loitering in slow flight making S turns).  Thank you,  I know
exactly what the terrain down there looks like in daylight and
we aren't descending until I'm sure I can land (trees and a river
and more trees).  Or when practicing simulated engine failure.

If this caution means I wind up with extra altitude maybe I choose 
"this is a time to see what a slip with flaps will do for me in 
this plane because by gosh if this were a real engine failure I
wouldn't be going around".

If anyone watching wants to think that means I'm so bad at
judging my own final approach when there aren't other factors
they can go right ahead.  TTTTHHHHHHbbbT to them too.

Snow"slips with flaps"bird

