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Old 15th Feb 2011, 19:50
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Dragon 83
 
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Having flown military fast jets, helos, transports and commercial Boeings and Airbus past 18 yrs--- landing is conventional on all aircraft---mains first, surprised by comments thinking otherwise.

There is a de-rotation procedure utilized on widebody Airbus only after mains touchdown to allow smoother touchdown of forward wheels on the truck bogie.
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