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Old 17th Apr 2018, 16:28
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I might be wrong on the nitty gritty given that I was using notes taken from my Flying Authorisers cse of some 25+ years ago.

Originally Posted by L1011effoh
ExAscoteer is also wrong regarding the subsequent details - the damage was done to the a/c on the second bounce which was far heavier.

However I said:

Originally Posted by ExAscoteer
this action caused the spoilers to deploy and the a/c literally fell out of the sky causing a second heavy landing (and cracking the mainspar).
Which rather indicates the damage being done on the second bounce...
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