Do aircraft manufacturers assume damp runway is wet?
In the past it has been assumed that a damp runway is considered to be dry. This is still the case under EU Ops.
It is now reconised that in fact a damp runway as commonly defined does not exhibit the same braking characteristuics as a dry runway and hence treating a damp runway as a dry runway may no longer be appropriate.
What do aircraft manufacturers assume in their Flight Manuals? The traditional manual only has dry and wet data. What do manufacturers assume is a damp runway? Is it wet no matter what EU Ops or any other Operational regs state or are they sticking to damp=dry??
Last edited by grimrod; 10th Dec 2012 at 11:53.