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Old 6th Nov 2008, 19:54
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TheCosmicFrog
 
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Airbus Landing Speeds

A question for all the Airbus pilots out there. What is the landing speed of an Airbus?

The reason I ask this is because I use the feelThere Airbus A320-series add-on for MS Flight Simulator.

For a long time I was under the (presumably wrong) impression that the landing speed in an Airbus was the "F-Speed", which I'm aware stands for flap-extension speed for approach, but something I also believed was the correct touchdown IAS.

When I used the speed for final approach with my feelThere Airbuses, the aircraft tended to approach at a nose-down angle and was often, at times, substantially above the Glide Slope, telling me from experience that I was going too fast to maintain a steady glide.

What is actually the correct landing approach speed in an Airbus aircraft and how is it calculated?

Thanking you,
Aaron.
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