We used to go to Stansted in an Eagle Viscount, and our fleet manager would get us to fly at 1500' until the runway was under the nose, then taps shut and land off it. The thing is that the although the Dart didn't like to have reverse torque, it wasn't known then, so what we got was something near to no power.
He was/is a good bloke. Gave us 900 hour rookies a feel for the machine that served well.