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To: Conspiracy Guy

Night water landing?


130 posted on 03/03/2008 11:15:44 AM PST by patton (cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
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To: patton

No way. Boats are out there.

I did take an ex Navy Jock friend for a flight once. On final for a water landing I kept the corner of my eye on my passenger.

Final in a draggy plane like mine is steep until you round out and wait for the water. When we touched down I heard his voice in my headset saying, “It’s not a carrier landing at night but it’s tougher than a day landing on smooth seas”. I had him doing high speed step taxis and takeoffs in minutes but couldn’t get him to try a landing on water.

The plane had a top speed around 90 mph and a stall with 10 degees of flap at 40 mph.


134 posted on 03/03/2008 11:26:22 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
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