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Old 26th Jan 2011, 19:42
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sevenstrokeroll
 
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I've worked for three small airlines and one really big airline. AT no time was their a discussion of "Flare" techniques or concepts.

It took seperate study on my part to learn the following:

1. Learn and be aware of the visual clues that can lead you to ''flaring'' too long. For example, when on a runway sloping downhill, if you ''keep flaring'' you will keep floating as the runway is moving away from you...

I was going to write an extended explanation, but have decided I enjoy talking about other people screwing up and if they actually learned something, the whole pprune thing would get dull.
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