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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:57 pm
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freshairborne
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: FL 290 through FL390
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Originally Posted by adambadam
That's a ridiculous cost-saving venture. I think I have noticed it too as landing have been much louder when the brakes are applied. Coming into SFO the other day was one of the smoothest touchdowns in recent memory though a very loud and shaky slowdown. I even noticed that we were coming in awfully fast.
What was the headwind and crosswind component, your groundspeed, and what was your airspeed indicator showing? How about the ref speed and target speed? Did you have the right correction added for the average gust speed?

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