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Old 8th Nov 2008, 14:09
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sevenstrokeroll
 
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I haven't flown learjets (gosh those cockpits are small)...but

it seems to me that if the flaps came down assymetrically, while trying to reduce speeds, you might have quite a flip over.

what flap assymetry protection does the learjet have?

on my beloved DC9, the flaps are bussed together.

the wake turbulence idea is a good one too.

but it all gets down to this...250 knots, that close to the runway is an unstablized approach for sure.
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