Originally Posted by
ExAscoteer
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.
However I said:
Which rather indicates the damage being done on the second bounce...
I don't disagree with that. No offence meant. It was the 'closing of the throttles causing the spoilers to deploy' that was incorrect - the pushing forward on the control column caused this and was a foible of the TriStar in landing configuration.
I always thought that studying the incident on the FLAC was a bit harsh as it meant the rest of the RAF flying community thought 216 Sqn pilots were 'numpties' - as far as I know, the pilot in question wasn't on the Sqn, but was from Boscombe Down, although I'm open to correction on that.
I've looked online for the BOI proceedings, but can't find it. Anyone have a link?