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Old 4th Jun 2013, 10:53
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Yes, "keeping the speed up" will cause a prolonged flare/float. All the more opportunity to be blown off the side of the runway.
Pilot Dar

The only thing which will cause a prolonged float /flare with higher speeds is the pilot!
Why would you want a serious flare in bad conditions just fly it onto the ground.
You can land an aircraft with full flap, part flap. no flap,at speeds near the stall or much higher speeds.

As stated before my friend landed a Citation up at Edinburgh with a radar speed of 200 kts when VREF was 105 when he had control problems.
Mad Jock was there when it happened.
Landing and stall are not connected in the way some think.

Holding off/flare is A landing technique allowing the speed to diminish to the point that the aircraft starts to sink towards the runway but it is not THE only landing technique.
Any landing involves reducing the rate of descent to a point where contact with the runway allows the aircraft to remain on the runway rather than with a still flying wing to become airbourn again but that is technique.
Different conditions warrant different techniques

Pace

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