Landing Streaks

In article RF%Td.1853$Ze3.1281@attbi_s51,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I've noticed something about my landings over the last few years, and
wondered if you folks have had the same experience?


hehe I haul skydivers so I get to make a lot of landings. (just over
5000 in 2900 hours). With that much practice I've gotten where I do
okay putting the airplane on the ground. But every once in a
while....it's a good thing Cessna spring steel gear is so stout!! G

I think someone raises the runway surface....when you're going for the
greaser and inch or two can make a big difference.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

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I think someone raises the runway surface....when you're going for the
greaser and inch or two can make a big difference.

Man, you ain't a-kidding. That's EXACTLY what a bad landing feels like to
me. It seems like the ground has inexplicably been raised up about 6 inches
higher than it should be.

With our landing gear on the Pathfinder completely hidden by the low wing,
I've often wondered if, perhaps, the struts had extended more than normal --
although I doubt that would make the landing any more firm.

I'm grasping at straws to explain the mysterious, I know!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

I'm grasping at straws to explain the mysterious, I know!

Here's another one to hang onto. Seem an opthamologist lately?

George Patterson
I prefer Heaven for climate but Hell for company.