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Old 22nd Jan 2009, 21:47
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Quoted from the UK book apparently: ".....continues until the nosewheel touches
down on landing."

Incorrect. If you've ever watched, say, a B737 approach leaving visible vortices, the vortices stop the instant the main wheels touchdown (and lift is dumped). It has nothing to do with the nosewheel touching down. IMHO and from observation.
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