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the canopy. How much altitude is required depends on your experience, but a practice flare should
be possible if you executed your emergency procedures at the advisable altitude. Remember that
you are losing altitude, so do a practice flare early in the canopy flight.
It is not advisable to do a steep turning approach. Even though you may be used to this on your
main canopy, this canopy will handle differently. Therefore, it is best to fly a straight in approach
with plenty of airspeed, if possible. Avoid even small toggle inputs for the last ten seconds before
landing, as they can have the effect of slowing the approach, which will reduce the potential flaring
power. If you do turning approaches on your main, it is a good idea to stay current on straight in
approaches.
Flare the canopy as you did during the practice flares that gave the best results. If you didn’t do
the practice flares, then you’ll have to do your best guess on the real thing. Planning ahead will
avoid this problem the next time.
