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I'm not a regular watcher but probably catch a part of "Wheel of Fortune" a couple of times a year while cooking or something. Tonight one of the answers was "Perfect Three Point Landing." Wow! What an anachronistic phrase to still be hanging around. Maybe there is a reason.
We all know that this can only occur with a tailwheel type aircraft and those are almost gone. Ag planes and many bush planes still have tailwheels but observation suggests that those people mostly don't favor three pointers. Even in the RV community only some favor three pointers. I am one of those.
Has anyone ever hear the term "Perfect Two Point Landing?" I haven't. It just isn't that challenging. All you have to do is be lined up with the centerline and have a low rate of descent and NOT make a "Three Point Landing." Many people like that. As for me I enjoy the challenge of having those things right and also having the deck angle exactly right and the sideways drift at zero.
This weekend I was flying a very distinguished scientist in the area he is the world expert on. Now that is satisfying enough but it happened that this late Summer morning landing turned out to be one of those rare ones when all three wheels slowly accelerate. The very non-pilot commented on it with words something like "very nicely done." Usually I discount all non-pilot comments but this time he was right and it was really really satisfying.
I did have to tell him what a rare occurrence this sort of landing is. Boy what fun it is to keep trying for those rare ones though.
We all know that this can only occur with a tailwheel type aircraft and those are almost gone. Ag planes and many bush planes still have tailwheels but observation suggests that those people mostly don't favor three pointers. Even in the RV community only some favor three pointers. I am one of those.
Has anyone ever hear the term "Perfect Two Point Landing?" I haven't. It just isn't that challenging. All you have to do is be lined up with the centerline and have a low rate of descent and NOT make a "Three Point Landing." Many people like that. As for me I enjoy the challenge of having those things right and also having the deck angle exactly right and the sideways drift at zero.
This weekend I was flying a very distinguished scientist in the area he is the world expert on. Now that is satisfying enough but it happened that this late Summer morning landing turned out to be one of those rare ones when all three wheels slowly accelerate. The very non-pilot commented on it with words something like "very nicely done." Usually I discount all non-pilot comments but this time he was right and it was really really satisfying.
I did have to tell him what a rare occurrence this sort of landing is. Boy what fun it is to keep trying for those rare ones though.
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