Landings - P-330

T-34C CONTACT

CHAPTER SEVEN

vii. Intercept the extended centerline with 85/95 KIAS, 1200-1500 feet of straight

away and 100-150 feet AGL, wings level.

Final

Maintain pitch attitude while making a slight power reduction.

ii.

Gradual deceleration.

iii.

Maintain runway centerline.

iv.

Locate windsock to determine wind direction and velocity.

Report "gear down, paddles checked/negative paddles" over ICS.

vi.

Do not slow below 80-90 KIAS until commencing the landing transition.

Common Errors

Not flying all checkpoints.

Not maintaining the appropriate airspeed and altitude profile at the 90 and on final.

Spotting the deck.

707.

LANDINGS

Description. Land smoothly on the main-mounts at the intended point of landing on

runway centerline.

General

Landing Transition. The landing transition is a slow, smooth transition from a

normal approach attitude to a landing attitude.

The landing attitude has

approximately the same nose-high attitude as that for normal takeoffs. When

approaching touchdown, what appears to be approximately 5 to 10 feet above the

ground, the transition should be started and should be a continuous process until the

airplane touches down on the ground.

As the airplane reaches the height above the ground where a timely change can be

made into the proper landing attitude, smoothly reduce the PCL towards idle while

gradually applying backstick pressure to slowly increase the nose attitude and angle

of attack. This will cause the airplane's nose to gradually rise towards the desired

landing attitude. The angle of attack should be increased at a rate that will allow the

airplane to continue to settle slowly as forward speed decreases.

No-Flap Landing. When the angle of attack is increased, the lift is momentarily

increased, thereby decreasing the rate of descent. Since power normally is reduced to

idle during the transition, the airspeed will also gradually decrease. This, in turn,

causes lift to decrease again; it must be controlled by raising the nose and further

increasing the angle of attack. During the transition, then, the airspeed is being

decreased to touchdown speed while the lift is being controlled so the airplane will

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