pauly@zaphod.UUCP (Paul Yeager) (09/02/85)
In a recent posting, I questioned another netter's statement about every landing terminating in a stall. I received mail questioning my sanity and whether or not I was in fact a pilot. My curiousity thus stimulated, I dug into my Cessna Manual of Flight, where I found the following on page 2-35: "When winds are calm or very light, the touchdown should be made at minimum airspeed. With practice, it is possible to learn to hold the airplane just off the runway and increase back pressure to produce a stall. For best results, the airplane should stall just as it touches down. This is known as a full-stall landing." I suppose the reason I have so little experience with this technique is that in my hometown, Miami, and here on the praries of Saskatchewan, the winds are rarely "calm or very light". I hope my fellow aviators on the net have experience with landing other than at stall speed, for the days that they encounter crosswinds or high headwinds. Clear Skies! Paul Yeager