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Old 9th Oct 2015, 14:30
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Shackman
 
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I'm continually surprised that it seems to have become the norm in recent years for tailwheel aircraft to be landed in the 'two pointer' position instead of the 'three pointer' technique we used for everything from Chipmunk to Shackleton (as I also did in the Mustang). Even the Mosquito does it - a Mosquito veteran I was with commented that he would soon come a cropper landing like that! If that had been a three pointer it is unlikely he would have had what looks like a prop strike as well, although the wheel would probably suffered the same fate.

However, back to my original observation, is there a reason for this?
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