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Old 1st Nov 2014, 19:18
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bubbers44
 
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Good video. Notice how the nose pitches down before impact with descent rate not arrested first. The winglet trailing edge shows it best.

I never flew with a pilot that relied on papi, GS and HUD to flare so have a hard time understanding why just looking out the window and landing like we all did in my career isn't the norm for some pilots now. I'm sure it works in all aircraft still, no matter how many computers it has.
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