2,600' of runway - can't see how you could run out of room - short of
performing 5 T&G's on it. How do you get on on 700' runways?
Pay no attention to this comment, my friend.
I once landed on half of a 500-foot runway. It was fun, but 2600 feet
is better. I'm told there are plenty of Cessna pilots who won't land
on my home aiport (2600 feet) because their planes are STOL adapted
It does raise a point, however, which I was reluctant to mention
before, and that is: a better recovery than going into the weeds would
have been to go around.
When I was learning to fly the Cub (which took me a very long time for
a variety of reasons) I used to imagine a sailor midway with a flag.
Landing Control Officer? Whatever. Anyhow, if I wasn't happily planted
on the ground by the time I reached the imaginary LCO, I figured he
had waved me off, and I went around.
I never actually had to go around, mind you, but "knowing" he was
there and judging my touch-down spot was a great help.
-- all the best, Dan Ford
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