My landings in the Mooney had been pretty good considering I only have
40 or so hours in it. I seriously thing that low wingers are easier to
land ten high wingers. Maybe because of ground effect or something I'm
not sure but...

we went to a fly-in lunch last Saturday. It was only Kellie's 2nd time
in the Mooney so I wanted everything to go just right. Of course that
was not to be... We were coming in about 20 mph fast which in a Mooney
is a bad thing... I tried to force the situation and the plane to land
before she was ready.. The result was 3 bounces where each one was
successively higher then the rest... I'm thinking "Now this really
sucks!!". I finally gave it a shot of power to even it out and got her
to stick to the runway... I was embarrassed but Kellie didn't say
anything. I just said "now that was interesting"..

We taxied to parking and I kept waiting for the tower to come on and ask
"you are going to log that as 3 landings aren't you" but they didn't say
anything.. We went in to the restaurant and of course there is a row of
windows looking out over the runway with several people looking out at
the runway..

I made up for it on the landing back home though... A nice crosswind
greaser...

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
Mooney 201 4443H



Jay Honeck wrote:

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So, what is this phenomenon? Karma? The stars? Blood pressure? Phase of
the moon? It's frustrating to not be able to break down cause and effect
here -- does anyone else notice this?