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Old 24th Jun 2011, 15:03
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Slasher
 
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Maybe, but you'd have to be empty, be towed to the runway,
retain F20 after TO, fly a close-in circuit at 1,000ft and leave
the gear late in order to make it with all 4 Pratts or GEs still
working at the end of an idle-reverse landing roll.

One could shut down say No 3 on reaching 1,000ft to save
fuel in that situation, but I think it'd be 3/5ths of 5/8ths of
stuff-all considering the remaining distance to fly.

Since its the TO f/flow that buggers one up, I'd stay V2+10
straight to 1,000ft, starting the turn to downwind as early as
possible to get those GNMs/1,000 up and running.
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