X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:34:12 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from web34907.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([209.191.68.186] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with SMTP id 1084660 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:42:17 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.191.68.186; envelope-from=n103md@yahoo.com Received: (qmail 30626 invoked by uid 60001); 28 Apr 2006 20:34:01 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=pWt4+uPaREVXczBTa2Ue7rA/ufG8FVCCvw+JEyv6W4nCAUrMTMtxIZDtu1HHaAbADLruVYGuBNZTaMLLgvlxdwU0l2YOH1+OuHdpF3MS8q/bM2GGWeGmgDXAjt7o4lqvLkNhjZ/bKLqYlFIkhCYWUG5z2qE2Pdh7LHa7L7P0k5k= ; X-Original-Message-ID: <20060428203400.30624.qmail@web34907.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [12.146.139.19] by web34907.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:34:00 PDT X-Original-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:34:00 -0700 (PDT) From: bob mackey Subject: AOA X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-195729630-1146256440=:29599" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --0-195729630-1146256440=:29599 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Certainly, we should all recognize impending stall without looking at the panel... I find that the AOA (Jim Frantz) was very useful in learning to land my LNC2 well, and that it remains useful, as I fly at gross weights that vary from 1150 lbs to 1600 lbs. The landing speeds vary enough to either float when light or approach stall when heavy. Both are hazards when the runway is short... and most runways are short in an LNC2 with 64 x 78 prop. Flying short final with 2 yellow lights lit lets me land more consistantly on my spot, and also makes it much easier to teach others to land. Not that they should remain dependent on it, but they shouldn't learn from experience what it feels like to stall at 50'. -bob --------------------------------- Get amazing travel prices for air and hotel in one click on Yahoo! FareChase --0-195729630-1146256440=:29599 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Certainly, we should all recognize impending stall without looking at
the panel...

I find that the AOA (Jim Frantz) was very useful in learning to
land my LNC2 well, and that it remains useful, as I fly at gross
weights that vary from 1150 lbs to 1600 lbs. The landing speeds
vary enough to either float when light or approach stall when heavy.
Both are hazards when the runway is short... and most runways
are short in an LNC2 with 64 x 78 prop.
Flying short final with 2 yellow lights lit lets me land more consistantly
on my spot, and also makes it much easier to teach others to land.
Not that they should remain dependent on it, but they shouldn't learn
from experience what it feels like to stall at 50'.

-bob


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