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Old 18th May 2015, 06:48
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SMOOTH LANDING TECHNIQUE

Many OPINIONS here.The fact is that a LANDING is not a simple manuouvre, it has so many factors affecting it.WIND, AIRPLANE WEIGHT, RUNWAY LENGTH, SURFACE CONDITIONS, VISIBILITY to name a few.One issue that I have have noticed in my 20000 hours is most pilots lack of the ACTUAL RUNWAY CONTOUR or CROSS-SECTION profile.To be truly in synch with your runway you should have this information as well.Phuket runway 27 is a classic example.You must " ADJUST" that last little bit of YOKE movement to allow for these things.Anyone who says landings are easy things are just talking rubbish.It takes years and tears to truly refine this extremely important piloting skill.
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