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Old 2nd Feb 2010, 17:05
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IcePack
 
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Why do pilots rotate through the tail strike body angle whilst the main gear is still in contact with the earth, when there is still plenty of runway left.?

(Yep you may have to if you only have say 2000 ft left. but again surely the lack of acceleration would be noticeable)

Can't Pilots fly these days. Book called Cone of Silence by D Beatty touched on this subject eons ago.
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