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Old 26th Jan 2012, 15:52
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Johnny Tightlips
 
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I was given a great piece of advice by a captain about landing the -800. Runways between 2200 and 2400 meters are the most dangerous for landing. In your mind and on paper the runway sounds long enough but when you add a wet runway, a tailwind and some floating it starts to run out very quick! If the runway is less than 2200 you are prepared and try your best to get it on the markers.

A quote from another captain while landing on a short wet runway one day: I don't care how hard you hit the runway as long as it's on the 1000 foot markers
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