"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in message
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I still have my Radar book on the Christmas tree it produces
for the glide path. The idea is to fly down the trunk and
don't let either wing dip or rise through branches. Once on
the correct set - a perfect landing in the sweet spot. The
others were shorter or longer on the runway.

So it depends on the airport or the service ability of the plane.

The shortest runway I landed on was the .7 that is 7/10 mile long.
The longest was at DFW.

Martin

Brian Lawson wrote:
SNIP
Sounded like the pilot put the nose wheels down first! Both blew.
I'd suspect the altimeter in the plane or the radar glide path....

Normally, the heavy center mounted wheels take the impact, and most of
the time, a kiss then slowing down by air brakes dropping the nose.


Glide path (glide slope) is not "radar". but point taken.

"Nose wheel" touching first can lead to "wheel-barrowing", often
causing a rapid and erratic "turn" to the left or right, and there is
little control until the mains hit. Precession can cause heavy
stowage in the overheads to force the compartment(s) open and
discharge the contents.

As an aside, the only "go-around" I experienced was many moons ago at
Tampa. Service vehicle got too close to the runway, or so we were
told later.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.

I never saw a radar glide slope. And I was an ILS tech in the Air Force.
One side of the antenna broadcast at one frequency and the other side at
another frequency. Same for the elevation slope. The beat frequency and
strength the plane got from the signals told you where you were in the
slope. High or low or right or left. Marker beacons told you the distance.