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## Stabilized Approach Concept 

A stabilized approach is one in which the pilot es- tablishes and maintains a constant angle glidepath to- wards a predetermined point on the landing runway. It is based on the pilot’s judgment of certain visual clues, and depends on the maintenance of a constant final approach. 

A powered parachute descending on final approach at a constant rate will be traveling in a straight line to- ward a spot on the ground ahead. This spot will not be the spot on which the powered parachute will touch down, because some float will inevitably occur during the powered roundout and flare. 

The point toward which the powered parachute is pro- gressing is termed the “aiming point.” [Figure 11-8] It is the point on the ground at which, if the powered parachute maintains a constant glidepath, and was not rounded out or flared for landing, it would strike the ground. To a pilot moving straight ahead toward an object, it appears to be stationary. It does not “move.” This is how the aiming point can be distinguished— it does not move.  However, objects in front of and be - yond the aiming point do appear to move as the dis- tance is closed, and they appear to move in opposite 

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