REACHING YOUR SPOT

If you get too low on final approach and making the runway is in doubt, close your spoilers, smooothly lower your angle of attack (nose down) and use ground effect.   Hold one hand STEADY on the stick and the other  poised to reopen spoilers at the moment of touchdown.   Steadiness is extremely important here, in every respect.  The more you move either hand, the more difficult it will be to make a good landing.When low over the airstrip but short of their aim point, many pilots intentionally float up the runway at very low altitude to reach some pre-chosen, arbitrary touchdown point.   In ordinary conditions this is an unnecessary complication, and high winds make it dangerous.   Floating parallel with the ground with little or no airbrake, a sudden gust can throw you up ten or twenty feet, and a sudden lull in the wind can slam you down hard.   The strongest winds demand that you just get the ship down simply as possible and work at keeping it there!As airspeed decreases after a crosswind landing, the tendency to weathervane will erode your directional control and pull you into the wind.   Try to arrange for extra room on the ground upwind of where you intend to stop.