Re: [OM] OT: Reno Air Races

[Chris Trask]

>
> Maybe it's a situation where flying airplanes with a 1:1
> power to weight ratio is a bit different than other aircraft.
> Or not. I had two different instructors and they taught
> completely different flying techniques. But one was expert
> at STOL flying and the other admitted that any runway under
> a mile in length and 300 foot wide was too small.
>

     He would not hve been comfortable flying C-130's.  A typical forward 
(combat area) airfield is 3500' and we would make full-stop landings on those.  
Then you have to back up as there's no taxiway nor a teardrop to turn around in.

     One of my favourite short-field landings is the one shown in the beginning 
of "Air America" where Mel Gibson lands a Palatus Turbo-Porter on a hillside.  
The grass field I flew in many years ago was a bit like that.  On a calm summer 
day you took off downhill and landed uphill.  You did the same thing in the 
winter when flying with skis.

Chris
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