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Old 04-07-2007, 09:23 AM
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DavidAgar
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Default RE: Landing Warbirds

One way to practice landing a war bird is to dig out the old trainer and shoot landings with no less than 1/4 throttle applied until touchdown on the runway. You can also take this a step further and do half power touch and goes. This is what is refereed to as flying the plane to the runway, which is a must with all warbirds, not to mention it is a good idea for all planes. I have a Tiger 2 that is older than I want to admit and this is the plane that I use practice my high speed landings with. I have done this so much with this plane that I have worn out and replaced 2 sets of wheels on the plane over the years and I am working on set 3 as we speak. Good Luck, Dave