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The goal of this article is to assist you with the decision-making process to know whether to continue or abort the landing and set up for another try.”
Balloon
All of us have flared too fast or too much and had our airplane balloon (continue in flight rather than descend to a landing). If the balloon does not exceed the landing attitude you may simply add a little power and let the airplane settle back to the runway. Remember that the airplane will sink faster after the balloon due to some loss of lift as the airspeed decreases, so some power and a quicker flare may be required. If the airplane balloons so much that you are no longer in a landing pitch attitude, you need to add power and execute a go-around.
Bounce
Recovering from a small bounce is like recovering from a balloon in
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