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Old 26th Jul 2008, 19:51
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Look, fun over, I'll tell you what it's about. The 737-700/800/900 is the NG model (Next Generation). Fancy electronics. And a very hard, unyielding oleo on the main undercarriage legs. I don't know why Boeing did that, but I have flown 737-200 and -400 for 8 years0 you can land them smoothly, and the -700 for 2 years- disaster area. It's frankly a bugger to land smoothly. I could never do it consistently smoothly, even on a good calm day, ....thump. When I went passenger with my colleagues flying.....thump. It's like landing without any suspension. Now a B747-400, you can kiss the ground, land it without anybody realising because the oleos are not only soft, they are also feather-bedded. That is why even old experienced ace pilots, with dashing good looks (like me) can't land the thing without you losing fillings. Every landing is an arrival!
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