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Old 16th Feb 2015, 12:59
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BTW: there is a reason why flaps are nowadays limited to a certain amount and that is - capability of pilots.
A sad truth! This is coupled by the fact that the added capability provided by lower stall speeds, generally benefiting STOL operations, is being dumbed out of training and operations. Instead of interesting turf runways really close to where you need the people and cargo to be, we are trending toward building expensive mile long paved runways a car ride away. The will to precisely take an aircraft in and out of a smaller runway has yielded to flying behind glass, just like the airline pilots do - mile long runway to mile long runway.
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