On Mar 10, 4:34=A0pm, Jim Carter <jim.car...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Watching the videos of the heavies crabbing to a landing in high cross
win=
ds
> prompts me to ask: why don't they use asymmetrical thrust instead of
> kicking it straight in the flare?
>
> Even in a single, why don't we see more forward slips to a landing
instead=
> of crab, kick, and pray?
>
> Have these techniques gone the way of the steam gauges?
Slipping has been used for crosswind technique long before crab&kick.
The crab&kick was only made possible by the invention of the
nosewheel.
-Robert
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