More Nebraska Trips - Using a little throttle in gusty x-wind landing.

 There's three round trips to KSNY now in the books.  Two of the trips were at a gross weight of a little over 2000 lbs, or about 800 lbs. of payload.  There were some high density altitudes, gusty conditions and low pressure cells.  Most of the cruise flight time wasn't to bumpy.  I planned stops after about an hour on each flight so we could take a break and get a little fuel.

When landing at T67 when returning on the last trip, there was a gusty crosswind from the East across runway 32.   I tried something a little different and used the throttle to control altitude & RPM on final similar to how I flew a Cherokee 140 and kept the speed at 75 KIAS.  The EFIS showed around 900-1250 RPM.   I also used the rudders to help increase the decent rate.  It seemed to be more stable than pulling the power back and fighting the turbulence.   The EFIS data on a previous test flight on a gusty final showed the IAS dropped 20 knots and resulted in a higher vertical speed and "firmer" landing than normal.