I'm just a small driver and have been following the above with great interest, but I am curious of one thing.
I can understand the fact that in gusty conditions carrying extra speed above Vref is needed, but i thought that this speed was carried all the way through to touchdown as it was required to give an extra buffer near the ground. To me this is when you would be most likely to need it - near the ground, loss of speed, less time to spool up etc etc.
I guess what I'm really asking is why do you carry it when you have height available and then slowly get rid of it the lower you get to the ground. If you don't need it during the last 500 - 1000' and when flaring, then why carry it at all? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
Thanks in advance for an explanation.
Twin