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Old 9th January 2003 | 21:16
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Georgeablelovehowindia
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"The commander was unaware that he had developed the regular use of full nose-down elevator on landing." On quite a few occasions, I've had people trying to "steer" the aeroplane down the runway after landing, using the ailerons. (I'm talking about experienced airline pilots, not students.) When reminding (!) them about the use of the rudder pedals, they've invariably looked across in surprise and denied all knowledge of doing it. Interesting...
One of the finer points of flying the 757 is getting the nosewheel back on the ground smoothly. I've seen some fiddling about to achieve it, as the spoilers deploy and the autobrakes come on (guilty too, yer honour!). From my increasingly distant memory of the 757, a slight back pressure is required, isn't it?
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