text: the landing phase where an 
  excessive angle of attack (or excessively low 
  induced drag 
  airspeed) would create high 
  and a high power setting to control rate of 
  descent. A common error in the technique 
  of landing modern conbgurations is a steep, 
  low power approach to landing. The steep 
  flight path requires considerable maneuver 
  to 
  touchdown and 
  necessitates a definite increase in angle of 
  attack. Since the maneuver of the flare is a 
  transient condition, 
  the variation of both 
  lift and drag with angle of attack must be 
  considered. The lift and drag curves for a 
  high aspect ratio wing (fig. 1.31) show con- 
  tinued strong increase in C, with 01 up to stall 
  and large changes in Co only at the point of 
  stall. These characteristics imply that the 
  high aspect ratio airplane is usually capable 
  of flare without unusual results. The in- 
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  to change the flight path 
  increase in lift 
  direction without 
  large changes in drag to 
  decelerate the airplane. 
  The lift and drag curves for a low aspect 
  ratio wing (fig. 1.31) show that at high angles 
  of attack the lift curve is shallow, i.e., small 
  increased a. This implies 
  changes in C, with 
  a large rotation needed to provide the lift 
  to 
  flare the airplane from a steep approach. The 
  drag curve for the low aspect ratio wing shows 
  large, powerful increases in C, with Cr. well 
  below the stall. These lift and drag charac- 
  teristics of the low aspect ratio wing create 
  a distinct change in the flare characteristics. 
  If a flare is attempted from a steep approach at 
  low airspeed, the increased angle of attack 
  may provide such increased induced drag and 
  rapid loss of airspeed that the airplane does not 
  actually flare. A possible result is that an 
  even higher sink rate may be incurred. This 
  is one factor favoring the use of the “no-flare” 
  or “minimum 
  type landing technique 
  for certain modern configurations. These same 
  aerodynamic properties set the best glide 
  speeds of low aspect ratio airplanes above the 