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Old 27th May 2013, 06:47
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captjns
 
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Sure it's pretty to watch and fun to do... but uses a lot more runway, resulting in possible greater brake energy, than the lowering the nose to the runway technique rather than letting the nose drop to the runway.

By the way, on a light 727-100 less than 80 kts. was my best.
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