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Old 30th Apr 2017, 10:08
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H Peacock
 
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Nice landing on centre line - but why not on RHS of runway to allow more 'swing' room?
I absolutely concur. The left leg without the wheel was always going to slide relatively smoothly along the runway but would stop and dig in the instant it caught the soft ground adjacent to the runway. Land on extreme RH side would give you much more room and mean you wouldn't have to hammer the right wheelbrake quite so hard so keeping directional control for longer. Hindsight...

The landing did look very fast, but perhaps that was deceptive. I guess they would want to hold the left wheel off for as long as possible.
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