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Old 17th Aug 2012, 10:15
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In the whole speed vs. attitude debate, and which is the most important factor for getting right in the landing it seems to me that there is nothing wrong with arriving fast provided one has enough runway to lose the speed
This maybe slightly controversial but speed has nothing to do with landing all to do with stopping distance and other factors.
While we like to land just on the stall with a slow a speed as possible it is a misconception to attach speed above the stall and landing.

The Citation that had control problems and landed way too fast into Edinburgh.
Had a touchdown speed shown by radar of over 200 kts! surprisingly they stopped on the airfield when the normal VREF is around 105???
If you were good enough you could land your PA28 at cruise speed!
The problem being that at those speeds the wing is still flying so I stress the if you were good enough
It is technically incorrect to attach speed to landing in that way and yes I am being pedantic before BPF jumps down my throat

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