Landing question for Brad

[olseric]

Another thought for you...

I am certain that Brad is correct with is assumption that you are "floating" down the runway. To me, this suggests a couple of things that
may or may not apply in this situation.

First is the most obvious: Speed. I am not certain what kind of aircraft you normally fly, but I would suggest going to FlightSim.com or
Avsim and searching for [insert your aircraft name here (i.e. A320)] procedures. That will yield a nice compilation that was done which is
basically a heavily abridged version of the operating manual. In most that I have found by that author (I apologize that I do not recall his
name) have the speed tables included. With that information, figure out your landing weight and cross reference it into the table.

The second is how to fly. Logic tells us that if you want the airplane to go down, you put the nose down and if you want to slow down, you
retard the throttles. So let it be said, approaches are illogical...until you stop and think about it. Adjust your speed with your pitch and
your rate of descent with your throttle. Once you have a rate of descent established that coincides with the glide path, it's a cinch: you
follow the path in, using the throttle to control your positioning...near the threshold (varies by aircraft, weight, etc) add some power to slow
your rate of descent and you should touch down nicely and right on target.

Keep in the back of your mind...big aircraft are FLOWN ONTO the runway.