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Civil / Airliner45 min lesson
Short Field Landings
You will touch down on target within the first third of a short runway and stop before running out of pavement.
About this lesson
Short fields punish every bad habit — high, fast, or floating. Your tutor coaches you through stabilised approach speed, threshold aim point, and firm-touchdown technique at increasingly challenging strips.
Why a human tutor? The difference between nailing the threshold and undershooting is a few knots. A tutor sees the trend before you do.
What you'll learn
- ✓Setting and holding the correct approach speed (1.3 Vso)
- ✓Aim point selection for short runways
- ✓Full-flap configuration and energy management
- ✓Firm touchdown technique — why greasers are wrong here
- ✓Maximum braking without locking up
Prerequisites
- •Comfortable with normal landings
- •Any GA or bush aircraft
- •Basic understanding of approach speeds
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Prep material
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