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Old 19th Oct 2011, 10:07
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A loooooong time ago (35 years) my Dad got me some time in an L1011 full motion sim at Redifon (at Gatwick I think). Armed with about 5 hours in gliders (with him or instructors, being taught, but never landed one). 2 or 3 hours in tugs.

First landing was heavy, but successful. No damage done.

So because I was seventeen and a bit pleased with myself they made the second approach more interesting (engine(s) failure. Reminded me that there were 300 hundred people behind me.

From memory, that one was about 20 feet too low. Fatal.

So, it's definitely possible, but 50/50 is not what you'd call good odds.
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