(Andrew Boyd) wrote in message . com...

It depends upon the aircraft. Some of the most experienced airshow
performers, such as Sean Tucker, Skip Stewart, Freddy Cabanas, etc
take advantage of the their wide-chord three-bladed propellors to make
high speed straight-in approaches (eg 180 - 200 mph) to very short
final. Then, the throttle goes to idle, the drag of the prop pushes
you forward into your shoulder harness, and you rapidly slow to a
normal
approach speed (eg 120 mph) for touchdown.


When I used to base my 172 at PHX, it was fairly common for ATC to
squeeze me in between a couple of 737s and request that I "maintain
120 kts until over the fence". For the old straight tail, this was no
flaps, full throttle and pointed downhill :-) With a 737 on final
behind me I knew this would be followed by "minimum time on the
runway, please". Over the fence I'd chop the throttle, pitch up to
the white arc, then drop all 40 degrees of flap and point the nose at
the numbers. Never missed the 1st taxiway with that approach. Gotta
love those barn door manual flaps!

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)