stagger,
Thats what I was always told. Not really any way for me to check it out without putting one of the Airbus planes through some 9g moves.
Could be wrong though. Somebody around here should know for sure.
Crossunder,
Actually, they had to extend the tailpipe exit plane beyond the flaps. The first time Boeing flight tested the 737 it went airborne again after the pilots applied reverse thrust on landing.
Bet that got their hearts thumping as if that was done at Renton Field their is no buffer between the end of the runway and city streets and buildings, at Boeing Field about the same.
