# 188 The Window
" in my opinion, approach speed has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of the landing (hear that sound? That’s the sound of bags of Cheetos being dropped as the trolls leap to their keyboards)"
" in my opinion, approach speed has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of the landing (hear that sound? That’s the sound of bags of Cheetos being dropped as the trolls leap to their keyboards)"
"A stall results in a spin" is one of the most popular aviation misconceptions.
"...but in my very humble opinion, the authors of those pieces of advice have their heads securely lodged in their nether regions."
I recently received a message from a friend across the Atlantic. Earlier he had sought my help in defending himself from prosecutors who were after him for water-skiing his airplane. …
"As I’ve pointed out in “Brian’s Flying Book”, a flyer is already more efficient by simply using the Tailwheel Town pattern."
This may be the most important article I ever write, considering that it deals with the difference between “The Tailwheel Town Way” and “The Acme Way”. I believe that at…
"If the Accelerometer is the Rodney Dangerfield of instruments, perhaps it’s because “G” force is the Rodney Dangerfield of forces."
"Although contact with the earth (and maybe also with a cow) was in my very near future, I did have a few seconds to check some things."
"Military pilots receive formation training. Good luck finding that at Acme!"
"Somewhere in their training, some yayhoo had told them that they should put the airplane in a landing attitude and keep it there until touchdown. I guess altitude is controlled by power. Here comes my grandfather. They are just plain WRONG!"