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Old 25th Jun 2003, 06:34
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Sheep Guts
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Do smooth Landings effect LDR in Big Jets?

This may be a silly one. But I watch quite alot of Jets land where I am based mostly US and Carib Carriers. And have noticed that they do fantastic smooth touch downs, but sometimes at a cost. They chew up the runway available ie. touching down 1000 -2000 feet past the touch down markers. Now this must effect stoping distance. I am wondering is this a major factor, as I see it daily and wonder one day there aint gonna be much black top left at the end .TO STOP when thye really need to.


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