But *precisely* speaking, the airplane stops flying at the moment of
a "full stall" landing.

This is my point. If I attempt a "full stall" landing and mis-judge the
highth by a few feet, I can be in an airplane that is a few feet in the air
and is NOT flying anymore. Before I transitioned to "Extreme Slow Flight"
landings, I stalled a few times a few feet in the air and dropped to the
runway out of control.

You were making "full stall landings," but you just weren't making
*good* ones! ((:-))

Look at a movie or tape of WWII carrier operations. Flying just above
stall speed, the pilot chops the throttle when he gets a "cut" from
the LSO, dumps the stick and then yanks it back into his gut. Watch
what the airplane does. It makes a "full stall landing."

But unlike your Cessna, it's designed to be landed that way. We were
trained to make full stall landings from our first flight; and nothing
drew more praise from the instructor than to have the tailwheel hit
the ground first.

vince norris