Bad Landing
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No point starting on my bad landings ... be here all day ... then, again, I probably could cover the really good ones in a single line ..
Most impressive I saw ... years ago, on a business trip to Laos, got invited to go both ways in the jumpseat (727-ski). Captain spoke good English, F/O passable, F/E none .. and not too sure what the other guy did ... talk about a cockpit that looked like it was out of Flying High ..
On the way into Vientiane I was absolutely impressed by the soft landing the 349-bogie undercarriage gave the PF ... necessary part of the tale is that it appeared to me that the F/E called the touchdown whereupon the speedbrakes would be pulled ...
Then, a few weeks later, on the way back into Bangkok, thunderstorms everywhere (and I was the only one in a seat belt) we were pedalling down the ILS and the captain (PF on this sector) flared way too high (30 ft ?). The F/E called something .. and a hand pulled the boards. Now, being a long time 727-200 driver, and having pile-driven innumerable hulls into various runways, I died a thousand deaths waiting for death to become permanent in the next few seconds ...yet the bird just sort of waffled its way onto the runway without anything more that a modest thump ...
Now, that's MY sort of aeroplane ...
Most impressive I saw ... years ago, on a business trip to Laos, got invited to go both ways in the jumpseat (727-ski). Captain spoke good English, F/O passable, F/E none .. and not too sure what the other guy did ... talk about a cockpit that looked like it was out of Flying High ..
On the way into Vientiane I was absolutely impressed by the soft landing the 349-bogie undercarriage gave the PF ... necessary part of the tale is that it appeared to me that the F/E called the touchdown whereupon the speedbrakes would be pulled ...
Then, a few weeks later, on the way back into Bangkok, thunderstorms everywhere (and I was the only one in a seat belt) we were pedalling down the ILS and the captain (PF on this sector) flared way too high (30 ft ?). The F/E called something .. and a hand pulled the boards. Now, being a long time 727-200 driver, and having pile-driven innumerable hulls into various runways, I died a thousand deaths waiting for death to become permanent in the next few seconds ...yet the bird just sort of waffled its way onto the runway without anything more that a modest thump ...
Now, that's MY sort of aeroplane ...
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23R at Manch with a stiff crosswind from the right has caused a few slammers, not got the o2 masks down yet though.
Saw a shamrock colleague go around off a bounce - appeared to catch a gust and eat up a lot of runway at about 10ft RA! Then binned it for another go. Was a wickedly windy day though.
Saw a shamrock colleague go around off a bounce - appeared to catch a gust and eat up a lot of runway at about 10ft RA! Then binned it for another go. Was a wickedly windy day though.
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Has anyone ever seen a plane go-around from a duff bounced landing or float to far and go-around? I've never seen either having watched 000s of landings so I guess it can't be that common.
23R at Manch with a stiff crosswind from the right has caused a few slammers, not got the o2 masks down yet though.
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I remember during my 737 checkride, I dropped the nosewheel rather hard on the second landing at 0100hrs Houston, I looked at the check captain who looked back at me and said, " well the thing didn't break off but how about we keep it on the runway...", go around followed by a very gentle second attempt and yes believe it or not, passed the type ride......
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Also seems to suffer from windshear alot on fairly windy days
Impression from a pax point of view it that it always seems to be a bit of a struggle to land on that runway, what with the hill and all...it seems to attract rather more 'firm contacts' than greasers!
Or they miss the hump competely and float 4000 feet before touching down!
(God help them if this had been BHX!)
http://www.flightlevel350.com/Aircra...ideo-6757.html
(God help them if this had been BHX!)
http://www.flightlevel350.com/Aircra...ideo-6757.html
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That car park thats always empty on about 1.5 miles finals when the suns out gives a fair old thermal just when your in the grove on 23R.
The other thing about MAN why does it more often than not have GBFO cell sitting over the top of ROSUN.
The other thing about MAN why does it more often than not have GBFO cell sitting over the top of ROSUN.
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a nice example here of the weather last week at leeds. the captain did a great job
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAljM7CaY10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAljM7CaY10
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Has anyone ever seen a plane go-around from a duff bounced landing or float to far and go-around? I've never seen either having watched 000s of landings so I guess it can't be that common.
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what about this perfectly performed landing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5prz1Ae5QM
i like the nose gear landing only after the first bounce!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5prz1Ae5QM
i like the nose gear landing only after the first bounce!
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One of the smoothest landings ever reported was supposed to have been the Dan Air Comet at Newcastle landed by the Chief Pilot. I think the aircraft is still there, he forgot to put the gear down.
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