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Old 30th Jul 2011, 21:53
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Clandestino
 
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the Dash is a fickle beast and can humiliate the very best of pilots. Daily...
Not me. Not that I don't have my fair share of pseudo-carrier landings with her, I'm just not humiliated by firm arrival anymore. I stopped caring somewhere near 300-hrs-on-type mark.
and many more (eagre to catch the first taxiway) love blasting the reversers and slamming on the brakes.
I prefer smooth landing, nice and gentle deceleration and vacating about 2000m beyond threshold. However, guy 4 miles behind me going for the same runway is good reason to slam the brakes even on 4000m runway. We don't go for maximum braking for the fun of it.
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