Chugalug
Just a quick reply, if I may.
We never, ever landed with our hook down ashore. If needed to prevent an overrun it could always be lowered during the landing run.
Where the confusion arises, I think, is that after landing we would pull the stick back to give maximum aerodynamic braking until we were down to 90 knots or so before lowering the nose. Occasionally, we would overcook it a bit and scrape the tailskid on the runway amid a fine shower of sparks. We were warned off the process when the Crabs complained we were digging holes in their runway.
Incidentally, we didn't use the same drills ashore and afloat. If we could wake him up, the looker would read out the appropriate drills. Simples!
Last edited by Schiller; 24th Jan 2018 at 20:58.