This does not really need to be said because we all know it, but I am
> going to say it anyway.
>
> I am now involved in my bi-annual review. As in all my bi-annuals and
> pilot training, my CFI and I go out and do slooow flight, asi just
over
> stall speed. The CFI watches closely that I do not bank at more than
10
> or 15 degrees and that I keep the ball centered. Those are the
> crucial factors at that speed. While landing the aircraft, the CFI
> demands a stabilized approach flown at the air speeds recommended for
> the aircraft. If you are diving at the field or dragging the airplane
in
> on final, you have not flown a stabilized approach. Your speed should
> not near stall speed until you are in the flare and very close to the
> ground. Most low wing airplanes will float quite a ways in ground
effect
> if your approach is too fast, but better that then being too slow at
> altitude, ( I consider that to be over 10' AGL). If I can't make a
> stabilized approach, I will go around and try it again and have done
so
> on many occasions when dealing with gusty cross winds. I consider a
> "GO-Around" to be a successful missed landing, whereas a missed
landing
> is not in any way successful. I enjoy practicing emergency landings
and
> usually try to come in high and slip to the field with crossed
controls,
> but am very careful to maintain airspeed in this attitude. But a
> stabilized approach is even more of a difficult skill to perform every
> time and I practice a lot.
>
> Vaughn Teegarden
> N914VA not finished, but backing up steadily
>
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