Luke Scharf writes: > When one of my friends was working on his private certificate, his > instructor landed the Cessna 150 they were in across the runway. They > descended nose-up with full-throttle (on the backside of the power > curve). I'm not sure how wide the runway was, but it was at a towered > airport. > > Fish story? I don't know, but I'm definitely not going to try it in a > real aircraft!
With a moderate headwind, I see no reason that he couldn't stop a C150 in 200 feet or so, though it doesn't sound like a particularly wise landing over all. The nose-high approach is tricky in a small plane -- you don't want even a small gust of wind -- but it has the advantage that the wheels drop the second you cut the throttle. It could be that he touched down at a runway intersection and kept the landing roll entirely within the intersecting area -- that's something that tower would be more likely to allow. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
