A Different Kind of Landing

[201er]

With my plane down for months, the only kind of flying I've been getting is watching my parrots.

[M20F-1968]

If you are truely letting them fly, you will see them increase their wing's angle of attack, slow down, and "flare" before landing.

John

[201er]

Not only that, they slide extend their alula forward which is like a leading edge slat to preserve air flow at slower speed. You can see it in the photo above the orange on the wing. Those feathers sticking up are acting as a leading edge slat. It is really quite amazing. I've done a lecture comparing airplanes to birds, you can check it out here if you find this sort of stuff interesting.

[jlunseth]

I think you need to get your plane back.