Received my first speed restriction

Roger Halstead wrote:

"Please maintain speed as long as possible"

He remarked later that had he flown the ILS at *that* speed we'd have
stopped some where out in the bean field off the other end of the
runway. :-))

It depends upon the aircraft. Some of the most experienced airshow
performers, such as Sean Tucker, Skip Stewart, Freddy Cabanas, etc
take advantage of the their wide-chord three-bladed propellors to make
high speed straight-in approaches (eg 180 - 200 mph) to very short
final. Then, the throttle goes to idle, the drag of the prop pushes
you forward into your shoulder harness, and you rapidly slow to a
normal
approach speed (eg 120 mph) for touchdown.

Flying cross-country with two Pitts S-2B's, what I've found works
well for large airports is side-by-side at a gentle 150 mph on the
glidepath, then as you get quite close, stay a bit high, then chop
the throttle and push the nose down so you can see the runway. It
makes for a bit of a rapid flare, but you get both aircraft on (and
off) the runway in a most expeditious manner.

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(Andrew Boyd) wrote in message . com...

It depends upon the aircraft. Some of the most experienced airshow
performers, such as Sean Tucker, Skip Stewart, Freddy Cabanas, etc
take advantage of the their wide-chord three-bladed propellors to make
high speed straight-in approaches (eg 180 - 200 mph) to very short
final. Then, the throttle goes to idle, the drag of the prop pushes
you forward into your shoulder harness, and you rapidly slow to a
normal
approach speed (eg 120 mph) for touchdown.


When I used to base my 172 at PHX, it was fairly common for ATC to
squeeze me in between a couple of 737s and request that I "maintain
120 kts until over the fence". For the old straight tail, this was no
flaps, full throttle and pointed downhill :-) With a 737 on final
behind me I knew this would be followed by "minimum time on the
runway, please". Over the fence I'd chop the throttle, pitch up to
the white arc, then drop all 40 degrees of flap and point the nose at
the numbers. Never missed the 1st taxiway with that approach. Gotta
love those barn door manual flaps!

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)