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Old Dec 31, 2005 | 8:00 am
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Landing Surface design error
Originally Posted by greenery
...Is this the fault of the pilot? Or is landing pretty much done by computers? Why is the landing so smooth sometimes and other times we hit the runway so hard? (All in perfect weather)???
Nope, the pilot is never never at fault; it is the fault of the airport runway designer who built the landing surface up about 6-8 inches higher than the pilot expected it at
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