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Old 16th Mar 2011, 22:04
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bubbers44
 
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SSR, I was probably guilty of a late windshear report going into Portland. I was flying an MD80 and reports were of moderate turbulence on short final and almost a 30 knot crosswind on a wet runway. I added 20 knots to my approach speed and lost it about 50 ft so pushed up the power and got a great landing. Clearing the runway a United 727 was landing and saw a blast of smoke out of the engines as they tried to flare. They hit hard and bounced onto the nose gear and I thought they were going to leave the runway. One of our airline pilots ready for take off said United, I would check your wingtips. They replied we will. Sometimes you have to catch your breath to warn others.

I think you should always follow company procedures that make sense. As a PIC you should put your passengers and crew first.
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