Stabilized Approach Concept Figure 11-7. Collapsing the parachute. Figure 11-8. Stablized approach.  11-7 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 