Who does flight plans?

I do greaser full-stall landings just as I was taught.

I have never seen anyone do a greaser full-stall landing; the two are
contradictory. If you have enough speed to grease it on, you're not even
close to a stall. Most people rarely do full-stall landings, and nobody
I know teaches students to stall the plane in. You touch down with some
flying speed.

Not at all. You come in and level out an inch or less above the runway
and then bleed off speed until you stall and settle onto the runway. It
is very smooth when done correctly.

Maybe nobody you know does, but R.C. Johnston at N38 taught his students
this way for probably 50 years.

Talking about taildraggers here? I greased the three-point landing on
my check-flight, but rarely since. Even on grass, there's generally a
rumble. Perhaps it can be done consistently, but I've never met anyone
who does, not even my instructor.

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Cub Driver wrote:

I do greaser full-stall landings just as I was taught.

I have never seen anyone do a greaser full-stall landing; the two are
contradictory. If you have enough speed to grease it on, you're not even
close to a stall. Most people rarely do full-stall landings, and nobody
I know teaches students to stall the plane in. You touch down with some
flying speed.

Not at all. You come in and level out an inch or less above the runway
and then bleed off speed until you stall and settle onto the runway. It
is very smooth when done correctly.

Maybe nobody you know does, but R.C. Johnston at N38 taught his students
this way for probably 50 years.


Talking about taildraggers here? I greased the three-point landing on
my check-flight, but rarely since. Even on grass, there's generally a
rumble. Perhaps it can be done consistently, but I've never met anyone
who does, not even my instructor.

Nope, Cessna 150s, 172s and 182s. He flew them all pretty much the same
way. Dick could do them very consistently, but then he probably
averaged 20+ landings per day for something close to 50 years. He's
retired now, but still flies his 150 for fun.

I can't do them consistently, but probably hit what I'd call a greaser
about 40% of the time. Most folks I've flown with or watched, don't do
greasers any more than that during a "flown on" landing.

I didn't say it was EASY to do full-stall greasers, I just said it was
possible. I believe the OP asserted it wasn't possible. That is simply
not true.


Matt