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As the saying goes, any landing you can walk away from is a good one. A great landing is one where you can fly the plane again.
by Declanomous 10y ago
As the saying goes, any landing you can walk away from is a good one. A great landing is one where you can fly the plane again.
- mdip 10y agoAh, ya beat me to that quote! Growing up, we flew in my dad's 4-seat (and later 7-seat) Cherokee very frequently and he'd always comment on his landing. He judged his entire flight by how easy it was to identify when the tire made contact with the runway. I remember a flight in high winds that he put down so softly that nobody could tell when we hit the ground. I also remember a landing when I was alone with my dad where we encountered a cross-wind a few seconds before making contact resulting in my slamming my head into the top of the cockpit and yelling "Mother F*cker!" (I was 14, he'd never heard me swear before and it was a bonding moment that he shrugged it off and thought it was totally warranted given the circumstances).
- mikeash 10y agoBad landings seem to be something that unites almost all pilots. The better ones make bad landings less often, but nobody is immune. Regarding your bonding moment, one reason I like to fly by myself is so I can swear as much as I want. Part of me is always slightly terrified of having a stuck mic.