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Old 9th Feb 2007, 18:44
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Mach the Knife
 
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I would describe it as "near disastrous" too. As I understand it 10 degrees of pitch up is the limit on landing, the tail does not touch until about 15 and the second landing (yes the one AFTER the big bounce) was approaching 19 degrees. Even if you're not looking at angles I would have thought 30 - 40 kts below threshold speed would have been quite warning enough that it was about to get tasty. I always taught my studes to go around if they (or circumstances beyond their control) cocked up the approach.
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