The turning slip is a valuable resource when approaching an airport or field that is small or has obstructions at the approach end by helping increase descent and minimize float.

by Ken Ibold

Pull up a chair in front of my hangar at the approach end of runway 25 at Orlando Executive Airport. Let’s grade some landings.

At this busy airport – where trainers, $100 hamburger chasers, business travelers and corporate jets ply in essentially equal numbers – the odds are excellent that fewer than 30 percent of the airplanes you’ll see will land in the first third of the runway. …