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FORCED LANDING ON AIRFIELDS

When you must make a forced landing on an airfield, stay close enough to the field and keep enough speed and altitude to land wheels down from any angle. If you are approaching the field and have too much altitude, get near the edge of the field and S back and forth until you come down low enough to land.

If you are overshooting, use a nose-low forward slip to lose altitude. The P-40 is an easy airplane to slip and loses altitude fast. When you come in, it's better to overshoot a little than undershoot. You can always lose altitude, but you may find that it's impossible to regain it.

FORCED LANDING AT NIGHT

If you must make a forced landing without power at night and you are near an airfield,

try to, contact the tower, turn on all landing lights, and come in wheels up.

IF YOU ARE NOT NEAR AN AIRFIELD YOU HAVE ONE CHOICE-BAIL OUT.

SWAMPY AND ROUGH TERRAIN

The first rule for landing on rugged terrain is to keep your wheels up. Even if the ground below you seems smooth, land wheels up.

A wheels-up landing requires approximately 1/3 the landing space of a wheels-down landing.

FORCED LANDING ON AIRFIELDS
When you must make a forced landing on an airfield, stay close enough to the field and keep enough speed and altitude to land wheels down from any angle. If you are approaching the field and have too much altitude, get near the edge of the field and S back and forth until you come down low enough to land.	If you are overshooting, use a nose-low forward slip to lose altitude. The P-40 is an easy airplane to slip and loses altitude fast. When you come in, it's better to overshoot a little than undershoot. You can always lose altitude, but you may find that it's impossible to regain it.
FORCED LANDING AT NIGHT

If you must make a forced landing without power at night and you are near an airfield,	try to, contact the tower, turn on all landing lights, and come in wheels up.
IF YOU ARE NOT NEAR AN AIRFIELD YOU HAVE ONE CHOICE-BAIL OUT.
SWAMPY AND ROUGH TERRAIN The first rule for landing on rugged terrain is to keep your wheels up. Even if the ground below you seems smooth, land wheels up. A wheels-up landing requires approximately 1/3 the landing space of a wheels-down landing.