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Old Aug 8, 2018, 6:55 am
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Originally Posted by fredc84
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.
And following approved techniques, in this instance flying the nose wheel onto the ground
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