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Old 23rd May 2014, 13:35
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rudderrudderrat
 
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Hi Jwscud,
He felt I was "high", despite me touching down abeam the PAPIs.
There are a couple of reasons your captain might have said that:
1) Airbus visual illusion awareness, page 6 "An uphill slope creates an illusion of being too high (impression of a steep glide path);" or

2) He may of been mindful of the landing distance available. e.g. If you look at CDG RW27L Difference between RWY 27L LDA (3,600m) and Distance beyond Glide Slope (3,256) = 344m. If you needed that extra 44m landing distance, due to aircraft performance, then you would have to plan to cross the landing threshold at 50 feet.

Last edited by rudderrudderrat; 23rd May 2014 at 20:32. Reason: still can't spell & CDG data instead of LGW
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