John Ousterhout wrote:

Good story Cap. I love it when I reduce power on downwind - in a
C-172 - and don't have to touch it again until I need to taxi to the
ramp. I still need some practice to do the Bob Hoover thing and coast
right to the parking spot.

John Deakin wrote about a long power-off approach where he almost
landed a 747 gear-up: http://www.avweb.com/news/columns/188536-1.html



Good Article
UltraJohn

ps my moniker is not a vain thought of myself, it's from running a bunch of
"Ultra" races ie races longer than a standard 26.2 mile marathon. I've run
about 95 of them in the last 20 years.