I've never seen a bird land without flaring. Don't know where you got that,
but they most certainly do flare.

I used to have an ultralight and when I was fast taxi testing it, I noticed
that the back wheels got light first. It turned out it was somewhat out of
rig, but there was really nothing I could do about it. Once I got sort of
good in the thing, I used to let the back wheels come up on takeoff and
rolla long on the nosewheel for a while until it would catch a little bump
and then I'd pull the nose up. Not reall a wise thing to do, in retrospect,
but it was fun and got a lot of looks from whoever might be watching.

Also did a fairly nasty (no damage-but embarassing) late roundout in my
Tripacer once. It resulted in a pretty good bounce which I had to correct
with power for a good landing. They can get ugly quick if you don't react
right or, preferably, just go around and try again.

mike regish
"Ramapriya" wrote in message
ups.com...
Has anyone seen wheelbarrowing occur? Prima facie, it appears too
improbable (ludicrous almost) a thing to happen but even the FAA
Airplane Flying Handbook copy that I have mentions it!

Also, while the ways of performing a flare is mentioned at many places,
the reason for a flare is conspicuously absent everywhere. Just why is
a flare needed vis-a-vis a 3-point landing? After all, birds just come
in and sit, without having to flare...

Ramapriya