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Did you read Barry Schiff's article on this subject in the May AOPA PILOT?

Bob Gardner



Yep - I was going to mention that when I saw this thread.
The article was a bit smug (he should have just trimmed to 70Kt, and he
would have gotten his Skyhawk without getting in a row with the CFI) but the
content was very good. In my opinion it would have been even better if he
had talked us through his complete approach to his selected landing area,
directly beneath, including his management of speed, when and how he changes
from best rate to best glide for better control etc. I say this because many
of us do these simulations during checkrides, but not much in between. The
last time I had to do it in a 182, I was a bit surprised how rusty I was on
it, and I'm guessing I'm not the only one.

GF