Originally Posted by
Juud
Elderly captain very familiar with his aircraft, according to the journalist.
I think the gentleman may prefer the word "Mature."
Regarding the spraying of the runway. Many moons ago a civilian Comet, IIRC Dan-Air, landed at Manston with its nose-wheel up. We had laid a foam carpet for him starting approx half way down the runway and he was instructed to put his nose down, brake and run it into the foam. He decided to keep the nose up which meant that by the time it had been lowered the main bogies and brakes were saturated with slippery foam. The result was that he ended up in the overshoot, thankfully without casualties.
Do any airfields around the globe still have a foam laying facility?