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"Gord Beaman" ) wrote:

Ron Parsons wrote:


Back in the last century when as students we used to have to do
simulated flameout approaches to fields down near the Rio Grande with
Cessna T-37's, it was quickly discovered that if you dived at a field
that you were too close to, you would end up overshooting but if you
pulled the nose up almost to a stall, you could mush down at a great
angle.

But that doesn't make sense Ron...you certainly would end up at
the field with too much airspeed but why would you 'overshoot'
the field?...hell you could 'pointer straight down' and you
certainly wouldn't 'overshoot the field' (although you'd be going
like a scalded cat - and may need to 'overshoot' for that reason)

Never been to the Rio Grande Valley I presume. All those nice flat
fields have palm trees as a fence row. Granted you could make a vertical
hole, but the point is to get over the near palms, get on the ground and
stop before you arrive at the far palms.

This was in the days when Primary was conducted by civilian instructors,
most of whom expected you to brush tall grass with your wheels on such
approaches and then go around.

My instructor at the time was a bit more than a civilian. He taught us
in the T-34 and T-37 and was still finishing up a few stragglers in the
T-28. He was also in the Texas ANG where he was an instructor in the
T-33, flew the F-86D and was qualifying in the F-102. He used to say,
"Just don't ask me any numbers. "The only time he ever touched the stick
with me was on the last day when he took the bird for a few minutes on
the way home. One of the smoothest I've ever ridden with.

--
Ron