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Old Aug 8, 2018, 6:34 am
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fredc84
 
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Originally Posted by All She Wrote
Refer to above quote, the tailstrike risk doesn’t justify the increase in drag
That's why we are paid to fly airplanes, to actually fly them and control them. On landing, holding the nose off to help increase drag is not a "tail strike risk" the pilot is holding the A/C in the same attitude it had on landing, it's not an 'extra' risk of tail strike.
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