By braking heavily, would you not put lots of weight on the nose? Maybe the pilot was trying to get the sensor and target closer together so that something registered?

"By braking heavily, would you not put lots of weight on the nose? Maybe the pilot was trying to get the sensor and target closer together so that something registered?"If you look at the geometry of the nose gear, braking heavily would appear to increase the distance between the target and sensor, increasing the odds of generating an on-ground condition, albeit temporarily.Perhaps when I get back to work, I will be able to figure out what systems are actually affected by this (supposed) false "air" signal (coming from the nose gear). Reversers and autospeedbrakes will defintely not be affected by the nose gear, but there may be other important systems which are.Cheers.Ian.

See, this is a classic example of how most people are full of ****. I bet none of the individuals who wrote OR commented on that article knew ANYTHING about planes. I mean, if you read the comments, the topic of discussion is basically "the pilot should NOT be allowed to say whether the problem is checked by an authorized engineer". See, for the ignorant flyer, the captain is a plane driver who just "drives" using the yoke and throttles throughout the whole flight. They think pilots are stupid and don't know the first thing about the plane they're flying. More than likely, if you showed an AOM to these people they'd have a stroke. :-lolDP

"See, this is a classic example of how most people are full of ****."Full of asterisks??? :-hmmm "I bet none of the individuals who wrote OR commented on that article knew ANYTHING about planes."Daniel...Most of the commentators probably were aware, however, that a pilot is not always legally allowed, by aviation regulations, to do what an engineer is legally allowed to do. You can get into serious problems with the law... if not with the airplane... if you start doing a job you're not fully authorized and trained to do. Even pilots who used to be aircraft engineers are not allowed to work on aircraft... as their training may not be up to date (work procedures change from day to day)."I mean, if you read the comments, the topic of discussion is basically "the pilot should NOT be allowed to say whether the problem is checked by an authorized engineer"."Not sure what you're trying to say here, so I'll leave that one alone for now ;-)"See, for the ignorant flyer, the captain is a plane driver who just "drives" using the yoke and throttles throughout the whole flight. They think pilots are stupid and don't know the first thing about the plane they're flying. More than likely, if you showed an AOM to these people they'd have a stroke."Ignorant people say lots of things... but don't forget that some of these ignorant people are your fare-paying customers... and have certain rights. If you can believe what was written about his comments to the passengers, he had no right to blackmail them into flying, saying that you'll have to find/pay your own way back home if you don't come with me. I know there ARE one or two pilots out there who don't know as much as they think they do, just as there are engineers and other people out there who don't know as much as they think they do.Hope this makes sense....Cheers.Ian.P.S. BTW, I'd be worried too, if I saw a pilot with dirty hands.... He should have been wearing protective gloves.... Doesn't he know that Skydrol (hydraulic fluid), one of the sources of dirt on nosegear, causes cancer??? (and may cause a serious burning sensation if you scratch somewhere you're not supposed to scratch ...including your ***** ;-)).

Full of asterisks, that's a good one. ;-)

All interesting stuff as usual Ian!Mike