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Old June 10th 13, 04:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Marotta
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Default How to landout on a steep uphill final?

Steve's got it spot on.

My very first landout was into an up hill freshly plowed field. I flew it
on with extra speed and the roundout included a gentle climb to touchdown.
Roll out was very short!


"Steve Koerner" wrote in message
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I've not had occasion to land steeply uphill but I've thought about that
scenario many times. I would plan to carry enough extra energy so that I
could round out before arriving at the hill and thereby follow the uphill
slope close to the terrain until the energy has bled off and then settle in
for a slow touchdown. It may be trickier than I visualize though.