May 12, 200521 yr http://www.flightlevel350.com/public_viewe...cat=75&pic=2866I did'nt think so - I thought a bit more expiditious landing would be generally safer for a large jet, but I'm open to correction.regards,MarkXPHomeSP2/FS9.1/3.2HT/1GIG/X700pro256 Regards, Mark
May 12, 200521 yr If you talking about the Northwest A330...that has to be one of the best landings yet! I give it 7/7!Regards,Bill Asus Tuf Gaming Plus B550 - Ryzen 7 5800X3D - Asus GeForce 4080 RTX OC Edition - 64GB DDR4 (3600Mhz) - EVGA 850W Power Supply - 2X 1 TB NVME PCIE gen 4 - Windows 11 (25H2)
May 14, 200521 yr I noticed that the flare was quite high. I had read that Airbuses tend to flare more then Boeings. Would this qualify as a typical A330 flare?I actually saw the US AIRWAYS 757's landing at Princess Juliana airpot in St-Maarten (Netherland Antilles) and they too flared quite a bit, about as much as this A330. It was a windy day at Juliana(SXM/TNCM) so I thought that might have something to do with it. Any input would be appreciated.By the way: This is a US AIRWAYS A330, not a Northwest.John I love flying my "iddy biddy Jumbo" CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, socket 775/3GHz/1333MHz bus/6MB cache MOBO: Asus P5E3 Deluxe WiFi-AP@n/Intel X38 chipset RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX 1333MHz. rated 7-7-7-20, matched pair (2 x 2GB) GRAPHICS: Sapphire Radeon 5770HD 1GB (w/ fan) MONITOR: Samsung 24", 2494HM LCD wide-screen 1920x1080 SOUND: SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS HARD DRIVES: 1xWestern Digital WD1600JD SATA 160GB (primary/Windows XP and system boot drive) 1xWestern Digital WD3200AAJS SATA2 320GB (secondary/Flight Simulator 2004 running off WinXP Pro 32-bit, games video editing drive) 1xWestern Digital 500GB Black series SATA2 (Windows 7 64-bit: FSX is running off Win7; Windows XP Professional 32-bit) CASE: Antec Sonata III 500W OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit for FSX; Windows XP Pro 32-bit for other things.
May 14, 200521 yr my bet is the fp and the non fp had a bet as to who could hold the nosewheel off the longest.besides who knows where they were going afterwards, ie was the terminal at the end of the runway so they just wanted to roll it out, etc.
May 14, 200521 yr Really tip-toed in on that one. Is that what's referred to as a "greaser"? Providing a nice soft landing for the passengers' comfort would seem to be the reason for doing something like that. I wouldn't call it brilliant, but it was neat to see. Do that on a check-ride and I'd bet you won't get a compliment from the guy in the other seat!
May 14, 200521 yr Author Looks like there's not much need to slam on the brakes as the terminal is near the end of the runway. ATC may have authorized or even specified a "long landing". 10700k / Gigabyte 3060
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