
Gerald Griggs submitted this photo and note: “This is my Piper J-5 in a forward slip to a landing at Lake Waltanna Airport (SN65) near Goddard, Kansas. That’s me in the front seat. The photo was taken by Captain Greg Ross, a B-737 captain who was receiving his first ride in a tailwheel airplane. He was amazed how well the Cub descends during a forward slip.”
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My instructor had me do this on my 2nd lesson – what a feeling! But totally logical, and feeling completely in control.
quite good in a Crosswinds.
I learned real quick the value of a slip when I first got into Flight Design CTLS. Light sport little speed demons, I would find myself nearing the runway way too high, way too often. Before my CFI taught me about slipping, my only go-to was to go around.
My dad showed me this with our first plane, a Cessna 140A, at Santa Monica airport. We cut about 3 aircraft out. With tower permission! Weird feeling flying sideways…
I fly a close in, tight pattern, so that I’m always within gliding distance to the runway.
So, I tend to be high on final, and my old Cessna 175 slips nicely, no elevator burble.
With the Cessna glide ratio, I fly a 5 degree final, and If I’m a bit fast, the slip gets me where I need to be on short final.
I am a big fan of the forward slip….my J3 Cub and Consolidated Fleet have poor forward visibility, so the slip allows a view of the runway as well as keeping an eye on the aircraft in the run up area. Also when slipping, the rate of descent can easily be varied to adjust the glide path, so a steeper approach is possible thereby avoiding an undershoot.
airline pilots are amazed at everything ga
they have people for that