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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR'S MANUAL   141

this background, he can quickly adjust his knowledge of one type to meet and understand the characteristics of any other.
   A pilot who has learned the characteristics of his aircraft will approach a field for a landing and, by estimating his angle of glide, will allow for expected wind, maneuvering, and personal errors. He will then close the throttle and establish the normal glide. Upon doing this his trained eye picks up his true flight path and extends 

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[[Right margin]] FIGURE 17.— Illustrating effect of wind on glide flight path. [[/Right margin]]

it to the landing area. If, in his preliminary estimate, he allowed too much, he must S, or make some other variation of his path, to revise his estimate. If insufficient allowance was made, he must either use the throttle or land short. In the case of emergency landings, the competent pilot will always have selected a field well within the estimated gliding range of the airplane to allow enough room, beyond possibility of error, in estimating wind or maneuvering and personal-error losses. He will then readjust his plan and his maneu-