"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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I have to respectfully disagree. A short field landing is where you
plonk the airplane on the runway while it still has some flying speed.

Sorry...weren't you the guy who just today posted "every landing involves a
stall"?

Usenet's going to be just that much less fun if you picking apart your *own*
posts.

Anyway, to each their own regarding technique. However, with a nice steep
approach and low airspeed, you can have both minimum flying speed (or even a
stall), and still have a rapid flare with no float. It's all about keeping
your approach speed sufficiently slow.

Yes, if you fly your approach at 1.3 Vs0, a full stall landing will mean a
nice long float. But that's not the correct airspeed for a short field
landing.

Anyway, I take it you now agree with what was my main point: that it's NOT
true that "every landing involves a stall". Thank you for your cooperation.


Pete