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Old 6th Oct 2015, 11:42
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I think if you go onto YouTube you will find whole clusters of such landings at St.Marten. I've never been; I assume there are PAPI's. I assume the landing data has been calculated. I assume the correct technique will cause touchdown at the correct spot with the correct speed and the far end will be far enough. In a long wide body there should be no need to 'duck under' the PAPI. To judge precisely where the trailing wheels are from your perch way infant and way above them is nigh impossible. Trust the ground kit.
So, given the rest of the youtube photos over the years, is this as bad as it looks from the photo perpendicular to the centre line dressing the road; or is that a visual distortion?
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