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Old 20th Mar 2015, 08:50
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733driver
 
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Sorry Pace

No airline pilot should slam it "on the numbers". If one follows the PAPI or the ILS glide slope (normally 3 degrees) to touchdown one will never be near the "numbers" but cross the threshold at about 50 feet and touch down no earlier than about 1000 ft in, 1500 being very common. This is true for auto land as well as manual landings. In fact "short landing ops (crossing the threshold at 35 instead of 50 feet and touching down only(!) about 700 feet past the threshold as opposed to the usual 1000 feet or more is only allowed for small aircraft where the wheels are less than 3 meters below the pilot's eye line (Air OPS) and where there is an acceptable clear area in front of the runway threshold.
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