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Where did that come from?. Looks like a planned test to me because it
appears sort of stabilized in a high descent rate, no flare approach but
.....

"Chuck" wrote in message
link.net...
Hey Jay...

I found a video for your page. It's an MD-80 falling apart after a hard
landing.

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6kuhd/MD-80.mpg


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It was a test of a new version of that airplane. Test for maximum rate of
decent when landing. I think he hit at 600 ft/minute vertical velocity.

Rod
"Maule Driver" wrote in message
om...
Where did that come from?. Looks like a planned test to me because it
appears sort of stabilized in a high descent rate, no flare approach but
....

"Chuck" wrote in message
link.net...
Hey Jay...

I found a video for your page. It's an MD-80 falling apart after a hard
landing.

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6kuhd/MD-80.mpg


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"Rod Madsen" wrote

It was a test of a new version of that airplane.
Test for maximum rate of decent when landing.
I think he hit at 600 ft/minute vertical velocity.

Which is the FAA requirement for certification.
10 fps at maximum landing weight and 6 fps at
maximum takeoff weight.

Bob Moore

"Rod Madsen" wrote in message
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| It was a test of a new version of that airplane. Test for maximum rate of
| decent when landing. I think he hit at 600 ft/minute vertical velocity.
|

This was on AVweb today. They said he came down at nearly 700 fpm. The
flight engineer broke his ankle.

"Maule Driver" wrote in message
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Where did that come from?. Looks like a planned test to me because it
appears sort of stabilized in a high descent rate, no flare approach but
....


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I read that it was a test flight... Testing hard landings or something,
which it looks like he did alright!


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