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Old 20th Nov 2015, 13:13
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Many years ago at Avalon I was an observer on the jump seat of a Qantas 707 when the captain (I think his surname was Harding?) was conducting left seat training on a first officer. I remember it well because I have never seen a F/O physically sweat so profusely as he flew the circuit. He sure was tensed up.

As he flared for landing the instructor reached over and put his hand over the eyes of the "student" and said "hold it there and do nothing and the aircraft will land itself"

Sure enough it greased on and the instructor removed his hand and they did a touch and go. Maybe that was a Harding flare as distinct from a Jacobson Flare of another era.
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