
Making Perfect Landings
in Light Airplanes
by Ron Fowler
Making Perfect Landings in Light Airplanes is a 10 step analysis of landing a light airplane beginning with an approach to the airport and culminating when taxiing off the runway.
The normal landing is first discussed followed by special circumstances such as strong crosswinds, short field, soft field, night landings, high altitude mountain airports, brake failures, and wake turbulence, to emergency and power off situations. Emphasis is placed on preparing a stabilized approach and judging proper glide and touchdown points. Each step, including the round out, flare, and final touchdown are carefully analyzed explaining in detail the varying occurrence, split second decisions, and pilot reactions which are routinely made resulting in either the perfect smooth touchdown or the embarrassing bounce and hop.
From The Introduction:
A perfect landing includes recognition of the landing situation, understanding of its true nature, knowledge of how to meet and weigh each required task against personal skill and limitation, and the ability to evaluate the airplane's capacity to meet each challenge. These four skills are the only ones needed to produce that mystical "flyer's instinct."
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Basic Considerations for Normal Landing
- Crosswind Procedures
- Short Field Operations
- Soft Field Operations
- Night Landings
- Emergency Landings
- Critical Landing Procedures
- Slip to a Landing
- Landing Tailwheel Airplanes
- Cardinal Rules for Perfect Landings
- Index
RELATED LINKS:
- ...from the 'VFR skills' Category
- > Notes of a Seaplane Instructor
- > Stick & Rudder
- > Visualized Flight Maneuvers - High Wing
- > The Shirt Pocket Mountain Flying Guide
- > Handling In-Flight Emergencies
- > Mountain Flying
- > Night Qualification - JAA/PPL
- > Better Takeoffs and Landings
- > Things My Flight Instructor Never Told Me
- > Bush Planes
Training
- Pilot Ratings
- sport
- private
- instrument
- commercial
- flight instructor
- multi-engine
- helicopter
- ATP
- JAA PPL (private)
- JAA ATPL (commercial)
- Flying Skills
- regulatory - flight
- basics
- VFR skills
- IFR & navigation
- advanced skills
- communications
- sport flying
- aircraft operation
- GPS manuals
- flight safety
- Pilot Supplies
- logbooks
- planning / plotters / E6Bs
- cockpit organization
- hoods / fuel testers
- flightbags & cases
Management



