"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message
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Brian Lawson fired this volley in
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It's hard to see how he could've put the nosewheels down first in that
sort of aircraft, in landing configuration. With the flaps extended,
and at the speed they come over the fence, the angle of attack has to
be fairly high. That automatically puts the mains on the deck first,
unless he just deliberately nosed down before contact (that just ain't
likely, even with a student pilot).

However, the pilot might have pushed the yoke forward right after the
mains were down. That would impose higher forces on the nose gear
than it's designed to take. The other possibility is that he engaged
the thrust reversers before the nosewheel came down. Same outcome.

LLoyd


like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN-Zt9n1pYY

(in this day and age i wonder if the video is real)(looks real though)

b.w.