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Old 6th Aug 2012, 20:16
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Hi!

Your opinions are welcome!
If you ever fly one of the older Citations with the straight landing gear (not the newer trailing link ones) you will soon discover the benefits of a long, long flare

But that's one of the nice things about Citations: You can land them airliner-style or Cessna 172 style. Returning to our home base on a calm evening with no passengers on board (I think the unusual nose-up attitude might scare them a little) I really enjoy flaaaaaring it on. Keep the nosewheel up after landing until running out of elevator (just like they did in the Space Suttle), no speed-brakes, no reversers, not even brakes are required. On a very good day you can take the high speed exit on two wheels with the nosewheel still in the air... like what we called "high speed taxi" in the C152 when we were still young and unafraid of tailstrikes.

Happy landings,
max
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