It is extreme. That is the point of flying with an instructor - you get
to learn by doing things you would not try on your own.

Its the same for the student who flies with me. The first time I shut up
all through the flight and let them make the decisions is probably also
"extreme" for them.

Said instructor has ~9000 hours experience. He has done many things
before - the lesson on this occasion was that I had been waaay too
conservative in my flying with the Twins. So he put me in a position
where it was safe to get home, but I would have no option but to use
pretty much all of the available performance.

Great learning experience. You want to avoid cowboys, but the guy who
has been doing this for 30+ years without injury to person or aircraft
is a good bet. So - I have done many extreme things with this
instructor, but never experienced fear. Some others have scared me with
their lack of judgement doing much more mundane flying...

A little extreme, but the CFI has obviously done this before. If you
still have L/d to the field, and know you can fit through or around
the trees.

We concentrate on "landing anywhere on the field that's safe" it does
not always have to be "on the runway."
T

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Bruce Greeff
T59D #1771