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Old 30th May 2014, 07:48
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SpazSinbad
 
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I wonder if the chaps mentioned below do it at night on a wet deck and not just in a sim.

The SAAB JAS 39 Gripen 01 jun 14 greg goebel
"...Gripen does not have a thrust reverser. The canard foreplanes can be tilted almost 90 degrees to act as airbrakes on landing. There are carbon brakes on all the wheels of the tricycle landing gear to reduce landing roll. Interestingly, pilots using the Gripen flight simulators have performed simulated carrier landings, without an arresting hook; it seems a bit unlikely that this will ever be done in practice, though no doubt some Gripen pilots would give it a shot if they got the chance. The landing gear has an antiskid system...."
The SAAB JAS 39 Gripen
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