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Old June 26th 08, 05:49 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Robert M. Gary
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On Jun 26, 7:25*am, E Z Peaces wrote:

Doesn't a three-point landing occur at stall speed? *


That is one of the biggest myths in aviation. I've flown a lot of
taildraggers (GA) and few of them had the stall angle and the 3 pt
angle in alignment. As an example the Globe Swift stalls with the tail
about 2 feet off the ground while the Decathlon/Citabria stalls with
the tail on the ground and the mains still several feet in the air,
its very, very much still flying in the 3pt position. The hard part of
landing a Citabria is not to crush the mains after landing the tail.

-Robert, CFII