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12th Mar 2003, 07:39

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Pandora

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When an aircraft is havy it makes an 'overweight landing'.
When it is smacked in (on the aircraft I fly the limit is 2g) it is a 'heavy' landing.

The aircraft being above max landing weight does not automatically result in a heavy landing.