Coming in sideways! Rwy23 approach/landing in a forward slip. 1B8

Rwy23 approach/landing in a forward slip. The slip is a technique used to lose altitude quickly over an obstacle and involved exposing the aircraft fuselage to the wind to increase drag. This is an effective maneuver, particularly with aircraft without flaps to land without excessive approach speed on short runways or from a high approach angle.
As you can see, runway 25 at 1B8 comes in over some pretty tall trees right at the end of the runway. Plus, this grass strip is only 2,000ft long so you don’t have a lot of time to float your touchdown. All of this makes it really fun to kick the plane sideways with some right rudder and left aileron.
We manage to get her down smoothly before the intersection with runway 23, so I’d call that a win!
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The plane is a 1946 Aeronca Champion 7DC.
Leave a comment if you’ve ever flown a vintage airplane or would like to!

[@darrenoliverio7259]

Textbook slide slip, You nailed it

[@NortheastVintage]

Thanks! 👍💪

[@chopperskier]

BEAUTIFUL! Something I miss about flying small plane is actually FLYING!

[@NortheastVintage]

Thanks! There isn’t much more fun than flying a vintage taildragger!

[@johnhicks9542]

Had a 1946 Aeronca 7ac65 Champ. Slip to landing was standard procedure for me. That airplane was the most fun I ever had with cloths on!!

[@NortheastVintage]

@@johnhicks9542 agreed! I love flying this little bird!

[@californiadreamin8423]

@@NortheastVintagewhere is this ?

[@NortheastVintage]

@@californiadreamin8423 1B8

[@californiadreamin8423]

@@NortheastVintage Chapin Field Airport…..I had to Google it !! It looks so much like parts of North Yorkshire…..the other side of the pond , in the old country. Thanks. The engine sounds great.

[@NortheastVintage]

@@californiadreamin8423​​⁠Thanks! It’s an old school aerodrome. Filled with a bunch of old cloth wing taildraggers. I feel right at home