Short final at Okbab with a crosswind (the windsock is at the bottom left side of the strip). This is a challenging airstrip; touchdown is 11% slope that continues to increase to 22% at the top. When you touch down you check your brakes and then add more and more power to get to the top. As you crest the top it is a combination of power and braking to control you momentum. Abort on take off is at brake release. Abort on final was about 1000' from touchdown, usually you got some turbulence right after that due to the cross wind and a small knoll on the right side. This strip was on the top end of operational difficulty for us.
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