Landing on the numbers

Check out his blog.
Given all of the defenders that he has here I particularly enjoyed
reading the following:

"However, since flying for real is a hobby accessible only to the idle
and robustly healthy rich, I settle for simulation"

Check it out -

http://aprenta.blogspot.com/

Tony
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Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE


In article ,
"Crash Lander" wrote:

Hey Mxsmanic! Just spent some time at your website mate! Seems well
researched! Hard to believe it's by the same person here who never seems to
research anything yourself! The info on Paris reigns true with my
experiences when I visited many years ago.
Oz/Crash Lander

tony roberts wrote in news:indiacharlieecho-
11B27C.18155030102006@shawnews:
"However, since flying for real is a hobby accessible only to the idle
and robustly healthy rich, I settle for simulation"

Check it out -

http://aprenta.blogspot.com/

Tony

Even more interesting..... The paragraph taken out from the above blog....

begin paragraph
In fact, the €8.24 I had on my checking account was seized by creditors a
few days ago (and the bank charged me €116 for the privilege, thus putting
me into the red). That won't suffice to get a pilot's license.
end paragraph

How does he afford internet access???? With so little money, one would
think that internet access would be very low on priority.

Allen

"A Lieberma" wrote in message
. 18...
Even more interesting..... The paragraph taken out from the above
blog....

begin paragraph
In fact, the ?8.24 I had on my checking account was seized by creditors a
few days ago (and the bank charged me ?116 for the privilege, thus putting
me into the red). That won't suffice to get a pilot's license.
end paragraph

How does he afford internet access???? With so little money, one would
think that internet access would be very low on priority.

Allen

Obviously there isn't much call for tours of Paris now days! Business a bit
slow eh Mxsmanic?
Oz/Crash Lander

Crash,

Obviously there isn't much call for tours of Paris now days!


You know, I don't want this to sound mean. But I KNOW there is demand
for tours in Paris. And then, I'm trying to imagine being given a tour
by someone exhibiting the, uhm, social skills of Manic. And then, I
wonder how much business is for that.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

So, what benefit is it to me to land on the numbers when I'm flying from a 5,500' runway?

The practice enables you to do it when you must.

The only place I deliberately land long is at Dulles, to save a looong
taxi.

By the way, I fly fairly steep power-off approaches beginning
when I'm even with the numbers on downwind.

That's the right way. Always be in a position to make the runway.

One thing that concerns me is when I see someone coming in on a flat, slow,
power-on approach in an attempt to put the airplane on the numbers.

That's the wrong way.

vince norris

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:19:45 -0800, "Wade Hasbrouck"
wrote:

Interesting insight/history... Today it means pretty much what it says...
touching down on the runway numbers. Pretty straight forward... While it
is probably debatable, in my opinion, this is not always the safest thing to
do, I believe most will aim for the center of the first third of the runway.
Reason "landing on the numbers" is not always safe, is if you "miss."
Missing "long" in this case isn't bad, but missing "short" can be, and many

"Landing on the Numbers" has been one of my pet peeves for many years.
My motto is don't land long on short runways and don't land short on
long runways.

Rather than aim for the numbers I was taught to aim for the beginning
of the touchdown zone if such exists, or any particular spot if space
permits and it's safe.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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That's the wrong way.

Agreed, but it's surprising how many instructors must apparently teach that
method since you see it all the time... I usually turn final at pattern
altitude... I like to at least have the chance to be able to glide to the
runway in the event of losing an engine... The only time I can't is when I'm
stuck following some student in a C-150/152 that is flying a pattern through
3 counties...

That's the wrong way.

Agreed, but it's surprising how many instructors must apparently teach that
method since you see it all the time...

Yes, a guy like that checked me out in the C-172 recently (I'd been
flying a PA-28 for the past 25 years).

And an article in, IIRC, a Piper mag said one should have a half-mile
final.

I like to at least have the chance to be able to glide to the
runway in the event of losing an engine...

In navy flight training, a student could be absolutely sure that if he
ever (except right after takeoff) got into a position from which he
could not glide to the runway, the instructor would chop the power.

vince norris