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landing approach procedures..

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I have a friend taking lessons in a Citabria.  He's taught to land via the following procedure:  from downwind, chop the power, set up 80 mph, no flaps, no power, to a full stall landing.   That's 80 across the threshold, no flaps, and no power.    I can see no power, to learn what you can make and what you can't, but I just can't come up with a reason not to use flaps and not to slow it down on final.   Can anyone come up with a reason why he's taught this way?

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  1. Mark Kolber on Jun 09, 2015

    Is he being taught to land that way as the permanent way to land or as an early step in his instruction?

    I’ve known both instructors and entire flight schools that, even in the primary stages of teaching a brand new student pilot to land a 172, taught no-flap landings first. The two primary reasons are that It can be an effective tool in teaching airspeed control (not treating flaps as speed brakes) and touchdown pitch attitude (a slightly longer time in the flare to build visual memory of the correct pitch attitude).

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