Landing Ground: A selected piece of ground suitable for the landing of aeroplanes, but without the facilities of an aerodrome.
The most ideal condition for cross-country flying would be one like that on the London-Edinburgh route, where landing grounds are so frequent that by flying at a height of a couple of miles the pilot can free his mind completely of the worry of ...
Also calculate the landing ground roll distance for the same conditions. Choose a runway that is at least as long as the two distances combined, plus a suitable margin for error.
P-factor has little or no effect on a tailwheel aircraft during the landing ground roll because, normally, when the throttle is closed no thrust is produced, only propeller drag.
service ceiling and better over-50-foot climb performance. On the downside, the 100-pound heavier and more powerful C-172S suffers predictably higher fuel burn, less range, a stall speed that's one knot quicker and longer takeoff and landing ground ...
The operation terminated on June 2, and two days later Churchill made his most famous speech: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall never surrender." ...
 See also: Wind, Flight, Pilot, Force, Direct
  
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