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Old 14th Jun 2008, 08:46
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electricdeathjet
 
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How about flaring at your normal point, but then retarding the throttles a fraction later, like after 2 'retard' calls, or going manual thrust. It seems to give the plane a little bit more energry for the flare without chewing up much runway.
Works for me into several 3.4 degree approaches we do.
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