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Old 29th Nov 2019, 23:31
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Phantom Driver
 
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A common factor seen is failure by the pilot to stop forward trimming of the stabiliser and this causes the initial pitch up to turn into a dive. In other words the high workload in the few seconds of the go-around results in the pilot forgetting to release the stabiliser thumb switch.
Ahh , TRIM . After 5 years on the Airbus , it was strange having to retrain the left thumb to start blipping the trim switch again on the jumbo .
Reminds me of my training on the 737 back in the dark ages . Favourite trick of the crusty old trainer , somewhere on finals , was to say " take your hands off the stick " just to see if you had the aircraft in trim or not .; you soon learned to make sure you were ...
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