Originally Posted by
RAT 5
[I] My technique, if tending to float a couple of feet above the tarmac, was to 'drop a wing', remembering of course where the wind was. Immediately a main wheel touches down the speed brakes deploy and the a/c sits down.
It's a simple technique, it works, and is not emphasised; but I used to teach it.
Talking of unofficial techniques to get a plane down, I was once bawled out of a thread here for suggesting that the spoliers could be pulled slightly if an aircraft was floating. Imagine my surprise when I read that a 737 was prevented from overrunning at Grand Cayman when this very technique was employed after a float!