I asked a lot of 72 pilots this and I get a 50 -50 answer. When I land a 72
I notice, or I think I can feel, a better landing when I drop the nose just
before it touches. I attributed it because the AC rotation center was so
far ahead of the main mounts that the tires started to "come up" on this
rotation, while the AC was descending. Ever notice that?

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BobF.
"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"Bob F." wrote in
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The hardest thing to teach a new Airline candidate is to plant the
plane on the ground, don't play with it. The tire brakes don't work
and armed spoiler won't come up unless you're down. They all want to
hold it off to make that perfect landing.


Well, if you can do both!

They still teach the same things on the newer airplanes, but in fact you
can get a greaser without floating. I don't see a problem as long as you
aren't tight on runway and can afford to wait a nanosecond for the
speedbrakes to deploy. I tend not to use the brakes anyway unless theyre's
a good reason or the traffic is heavy and I need to get off the runway
quickly. I let the airplane slow down naturally and then brake near the
turnoff if I can. The kids I fly with now think it's dangerous to land
without autobrake for some reason.. They also seem to think they;re some
sort of control panacea. God help 'em if they ever get it sideways in a
wind...


Bertie