On Jul 6, 4:41*pm, More_Flaps wrote:

all my CFI's and it agrees with my experiences so far... *Flaps are
not required for landing any plane that I'm aware of -they help energy
management but a pilot should be able to make a flapless landing just
as good as as a full flap landing -with a slightly longer ground roll
of course.

Where is this wrong?

The above is exactly my experience. My take is that the less I have
hanging out the plane (flaps), the more streamline and wind resistant
I am.

Main reason of course the higher ground roll is due to the higher
stall speed sans flaps.

Even with my level of experience (about 850 hours), I wouldn't do any
high Xwinds landings at Carthage. I'd just go select a more wind
favorable airport and land there or not launch at all.