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Old 18th Jun 2019, 18:05
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Originally Posted by Fly Aiprt
Not sure missing the touch down point by half a mile is really up to military requirements...
Several ways this approach could have ended:
-Go around
-Landing and then landing abort due to long landing and not enough stopping distance
-Landing long and ending up as a burning wreck somewhere past the overrun
-Landing hard on the nose wheel in an attempt to force it down in the touchdown zone
-Landing on the grass

or as in this case:

-landing long, and stopping without reversers and without any drama on the remaining runway.

Sorry, I don't see the issue here? Just because its not done this way in the civilian world does not make it unsafe.
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