Originally Posted by Dani
A lot of half-truths here - is this spectator's balcony?
- PPP and I will take that in the spirit in which it was delivered....
To back up Dani's point on approach angle - many years ago I recall a trial at RAF Leuchars on R09 (Phantoms and Lightnings) to fly (I think) a 3.5 degree ILS (normally 2.5) to improve the DH which was terrain driven. The BIG problem was the rotation required at the flare to arrest the higher rate of descent, and therein can lie the catch where a touch too much and
bang. The Lightning was especially prone to tailscraping if rotated too much and a tailscrape used to sever the brake chute cables which would then fall in a neat pack onto the runway when deployed
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NB Some of the facts in that trial may have been clouded by time, but I recall it was not continued.