"john smith" wrote in message
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: Jim Fisher wrote:
: Sorry, but this judge is gonna have to take off a couple of points
for not
: using flaps. Of course, he might have been trying to stretch the
glide to
: make the running track but the steep approach tends to suggests
otherwise.
:
: Why use flaps when you can slip and have more control over the
descent?
and how many pilots nowadays (apart from those trained back in the
flapless days) would be happy slipping for the first time under such
conditions ???