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Old 1st Jul 2013, 19:03
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flieng
 
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Eye Height

Capt Bloggs. You are correct, the eye height at threshold is the same for small and heavies but wheel distance to touch down not. The papis give a theoretical touchdown point without taking into account(not possible) the flare. I can tell from experience that to land a barbie jet as with T/P s at 300 m requires the pilot to try and land 150m before the fixed distance markings,I.e start dipping into 3 reds into the flare. Conversely a B747 requires the pilot to try and land at 450 m as stated in "Handling the big Jets". The papis are more suited to medium sized jets B737/A320 and should allow the pilot to aim at 300m and actually touchdown there.
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