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Old 8th Apr 2012, 11:16
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Bob the Doc
 
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I think the approach is called Che Sanh. Approach at medium altitude to avoid small arms fire and then steep nose down, pulling out of the dive in time to get the wheels on the runway. Used in 'Nam on C130s originally. Popular demonstration with military transports at airshows. Usually coupled with a rapid stop with reverse thrust and/or reverse pitch on the props, a reverse down the runway and then getting the hell out of dodge ASAP!
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