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Old January 4th 08, 02:31 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Ron Rosenfeld
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Default Tricky examiners

On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 18:01:39 -0800, "BT" wrote:

You get yourself too high.. and you will not make it.. you'll dive with too
much speed.. and float in ground effect off the other end of a very short
runway.. seen it happen.


How high was the airplane? I can come down pretty quickly without diving
and increasing airspeed just by slipping.

So he'd have to be in a position where he was too low to do a 360, and too
high to do a controlled slip.
--ron