On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:11:07 -0500, Magnus
wrote:

Approach like a short-field and flare as long as possible to soften the
touchdown would be my way of doing it.

Go right ahead. The goal of the maneuver (as opposed to anything that
might happen in the real world) is to


Touches down softly with no drift, and with the airplane's
longitudinal axis aligned with the runway/landing path.

Maintains proper position of the flight controls and sufficient speed
to taxi on the soft surface.

Some find the application of power helpful for the touchdown part;
most find it helpful for the second.

When I teach it, since we're on a hard paved runway, I treat it as a
game: how long can you keep the nose up? I do a demonstration in which
I do a touch and go in which the nose never hits the ground I tell
them that's what they can do with finesse but they don't have to. So
far, they want to.