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Old 13th Nov 2015, 00:11
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mustangsally
 
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Long runway parking close to the end.

When landing on a 11000 foot runway(3,367 m) and the parking spot is off the left end of the runway, idle reverse on touch down and no auto brakes, had to add just a touch of power when turning off at the end. The aircraft was a 747-200 with a landing weight of about 350k lbs.(220k kilos), first touch on the brakes was at the parking spot. We always advised approach and tower that we would be rolling to the end. A couple of times we were asked to expedite the exit.


Reverse thrust produces better results at the higher speed. Below about 80 knots it is doing nil to help slow the craft.


Companies that demand use of reverse thrust and or us of auto brakes do so because of the lowest common denominator, the weakest captain.
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