Landing Decision

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Newps wrote:



How much runway do you use? I use less than a 1000 feet when I'm hardly
trying, call it 800 feet. That's an extra 80 feet per 2 knots if all
you have to go by is the book.

Depends. On that 540' strip I used to go into an extra 80' would have
put me in the ravine.

7 knots of tailwind is 7 knots of tailwind and will increase the landing
distance regardless if you're in a Cub or the Shuttle. On most public
airports with a competant pilot in a light aircraft...no it won't be
that big of a deal.

--
Dale L. Falk

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

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

"Dale" wrote in message
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7 knots of tailwind is 7 knots of tailwind and will increase the landing
distance regardless if you're in a Cub or the Shuttle.

The difference being that the increase in landing distance for the shuttle
will be imperceptible, relative to the typical distance consumed during a
landing.