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Old 10th Aug 2005, 10:02
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212man
 
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TFS,
autos in large twins are conducted to a a powered recovery (in the civilian world). In fact, the previous norm was to restore the throttles to 'Flight Idle' by around 500 ft agl and use power during the landing flare but to a large extent this practice has been replaced by a simple fly away by 500 ft agl, maintaing the IAS throughout. The thought process being that the entry and Nr management in descent are the more important areas to train for, and the risk attached to the landing is out of prportion to the chances of having to carry one out for real. Double engine failures are pretty rare!

No idea what they do elsewhere.
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