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class=625243916-04102006>Cigarette butts(filters) used to make excellent wheel
chocks. It was almost automatic to pick one up on the way out to set the
plane down and stick it in front of the nose wheel... Saved
time... About the time I sort of got my act together on TOs and
landings, they quit scoring them(or I moved up and they didn't score
them)--CRS disease again...sigh... With trikes, the cool deal was
to lift the nose wheel, roll along for awhile as the airplane gently
lifted off. Landing was to wheel on the mains and gently lower the
nose-OR hold it off for a while. Seems like Steve Helms did some of the
prettiest ones....</SPAN></DIV>
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class=625243916-04102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>With
conventional gear, pretty TOs and landings are a little more difficult to do
well, but I tend to think a guy that can run it right down the centerline,
roll it on and off smoothly OUGHT to have an edge. I know this has been
suggested before--but a guy who does lovely TOs and landings WILL make a
better initial impression and the judges will EXPECT a better
flight. The 'gun and go' guys are shooting themselves in the
foot.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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