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Touchdown! Greaser!
Over on the red board there's a thread in IWW titled "Quick Landing Question" and there are several posts promoting flying the pattern so as to allow making the runway if the engine quits. I pointed out the FAA's stance on stabilized approaches and was subsquently asked to provide the statistical basis for the FAA's position. I've looked around and haven't been able to locate that. Care to join in?
Here's one post about a safety seminar suggesting making power off approaches on "every flight" to maintain proficiency:
"The presenter also encouraged the audience to practice emergency landing techniques on every flight. On-spot, on-speed. Engine-out approaches in the pattern, aiming for a landing point down the runway so as not to land short.
I'd be interested to see the reference to the landing short vs landing long statistics, with a little more breakdown as to aircraft type, runway length, etc."
Here's one post about a safety seminar suggesting making power off approaches on "every flight" to maintain proficiency:
"The presenter also encouraged the audience to practice emergency landing techniques on every flight. On-spot, on-speed. Engine-out approaches in the pattern, aiming for a landing point down the runway so as not to land short.
I'd be interested to see the reference to the landing short vs landing long statistics, with a little more breakdown as to aircraft type, runway length, etc."
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