Fully agree with you, John T...!
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To the few of you flying some airplanes without reversers, such as Learjets, with
drag chutes... just a word...
If you think you need to use the drag chute, do it right after touch-down...
They work great... except with bad crosswinds.
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Obviously, you do not want to have to go out of the airplane to pack the drag chute after use...
What a mess of dirt, mud, and... all that on your new uniform...
Then you trip face down with your legs tangled in the ropes...
As a general rule, the junior pilot is on duty to pick-up the fabric...
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I wrote "deploy immediately after touch down"... but you did not read that...
So, you wait until 50-60 knots to decide, and the end of the runway is coming...
Too late...! At that speed, the drag chute has same effectiveness as a piece of wet Kleenex tissue.
But you will keep the uniform clean... Just dirty shoes with the mud beyond the end of the stopway.
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Happy contrails