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How to Make a Perfect Soft Field Landing Every Time

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

If you’re not stabilized at 200 feet AGL, go around. On a normal landing, you’d pull the power over the threshold, begin your roundout, and flare around 10 feet AGL. Hold this extra power as you enter ground effect. Low-wing aircraft perform better in ground effect because of the wing’s proximity to the ground.

NOTAMs

NOTAMs Runway Approach Descent

Invisible Trap Kills Glider Pilot – How To Avoid Microbursts

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

There was no opportunity to recover and it hit the ground hard, thankfully just out of camera view. The Rifle ASOS recorded a gust of 43 mph from the south: a 100-degree shift in direction, putting it right on his tail. Shmulik flew quite fast at ground speeds between 100 and 130 kt, carrying a lot of extra energy.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway

How to Make a Perfect Soft Field Landing Every Time

Invisible Trap Kills Glider Pilot – How To Avoid Microbursts

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