Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1507243)

Aah, that makes sense, I was just wondering because it looked like he touched down at twenty-nine seconds and then lifted briefly before putting down again at thirty-two, either that or he flared a little at twenty-nine to bleed some speed before putting down at thirty-two, hard to tell because of the light and film quality (but even so, it's damn good for an iphone).

Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1507243)

Are there many tail draggers at your field or is it primarily tricycles?

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet (Post 1507305)

Yes it does look like that actually.

Of course i have the advantage of having stood there... but your assessment of him bleeding speed is correct. He hovered there in "ground effect" for a couple of hundred feet before finally settling in. (I'm standing only about 1,000 ft down the full length of the runway)



a few but not nearly enough.

there is a Cessna 180, a wilga, and a 1946 J3 Cub (restored to immaculate condition which i had the pleasure of flying around a bit) all on my home field.

I'm really gunning to buy an original Piper L4 within the next few years. I would love to hop from field to field in one of those on my way to fly-ins and air shows some day. :yeah:

Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1507690)

TBH my backside would have been twitching like a rabbits nose if I were him :o

Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1507699)

Yours and mine both mate! :yep: