Originally posted by aknimitz:
HT,
I think Ghosth's/Gatt's ideas are perfect. Why not allow anything inside the perimiter of the field count as a landing? That makes good sense to me, whattya think?
Nim
Because people will stop landing on the runways. Why bother when anywhere on the field will do?
As it is you see people take off and land inthe fields around base so they don't have to turn around at the refueling points.
As for people wanting a refueling point halfway down the runway, do a nroma approach and when you settle into the ground effect give it a bit of throttle and you'll end up 'fast taxiing' about 5' above the runway. Just close the throttle to land =)
This last trick was shown my by the instructor after a quick bout of aerobatics in a Cessna 152 at Southen Flying Club. The club was at the far end of the runway we were approaching (and the runway is big enough to handle a Valcan bomber, if they ever get it licenced). He 'floated' 3/4 of the way there about 3' off the runway =)
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Graywolfe <tim@flibble.org>
