latest experiences in landing: Went out Saturday for some pattern work, with the idea of getting the landing roll even shorter. After three full stop landings I wanted to make the last one a thing of beauty. I noticed on my previous finals I could slip her in with quite a rate of decent. So this time I flew a shortened pattern turned final was hot and still had about 900 feet to lose, (looked like I would never get it down in time.) in fact I have never seen the final from such an attitude!! Anyway I put in as much slip as I could and still stay on course and man did I come down, I must have been coming in on a 45 degree angle. and yet my air speed and altitude just before the numbers was perfect After taking off the slip and flaring I got a 3 pointer that was like stepping off a 6 inch ledge , I got right on the brakes as usual, to my amazement I had it stopped before the first turn off, in fact I had to add power to get to the turn off!! The runway is 2400 feet the 2nd turn off is half that , I think the first turn off is a little over half that. I never thought I would have to add power to finish a landing roll for a 6 to 7 hundred foot runway, not in this bird any way. Next time I go out I am going to get a better idea of how close that first turn off is.
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