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Old 05-28-2002 | 06:32 PM
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Steve Collins
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Default runway Approach & Flaps

Here is a trick I learned when flying from a paved runway. It may sound wrong but it works great. Let's say you are doing an approach from the left and intend landing left to right. Because of the geometry involved in where you are standing and which way the runway appears to be pointing, you need to complete the final turn at a point which appears to the eye to be slightly to the left, or behind the line of the runway. As the approach nears the end of the runway, that perceived distance "behind" the runway appears to decrease until you come across the end of the runway pretty well lined up. Practice makes perfect. Try this. You will see how it works when put it into practice.