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Old 5th Jun 2013, 09:09
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Just as an example I landed a Citation at Gatwick at night in 70kt winds 20 degrees off the runway.
The biggest problem was shear all the way down the approach and AS fluctuations of plus and minus 15-20 kts.
With that headwind was I worried about landing too fast and running off the end of Gatwick?

With the chunk of airspeed I added to touchdown the aircraft was way over its stall speed.

Landing and stall are not connected in the way implied by some and no I am not suggesting little Timmy with 100 hrs does fast approaches.
Yes poor flying skills will mean pilots will land too fast or too long for the conditions and have all manner of accidents but that is technique and lack of flying skills and nothing to do with whether an aircraft can only land near the stall or way over

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