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Old 29th Oct 2007, 03:30
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Thanks Fokker28.

The raison d'etre behind flap 35s at Flybe is a few scares at GCI in the early days, when the combination of a Vref of 1.3Vs (now 1.23Vs) and flap 15 caused a couple of near overruns.

Uncle maxwell - not an SOP consideration, it's just to avoid the damage that would be caused by a 'powered' prop breaking apart on contact with the runway.

Here's something for discussion - in circumstances such as this, (high wing, high gear types) how many of you would consider retracting the good leg and doing a belly-landing? and possibly on the grass adjacent the runway if sufficient length was available. Doing so would lessen the fire risk that may arise if one day one of the wings contacting the runway were to fracture.

I believe an F27 once did such a landing and was back in service just a few days later.

Just a thought.
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