There is a certain skill involved. I think his background considering he and
his father were both cropdusters gave him some seat of the pants skills that
simulators and self landing aircraft don't.
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From: "ChrisB" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2018 10:13:31 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Southwest Airlines Engine Explosion
Yes, I’ve heard the flying to the crash before :-)
But most pilots will put the tail down first: you have to land any aircraft
with the nose high to arrest the rate of descent. But I would have thought that
Sully had to avoid too high a nose so that the there was not too much strain on
the rear fuselage. I thought at the time that he must have been very clever (or
lucky) to get just the right combination of high enough angle of attack (to
reduce the rate of descent to a minimum) but not so high as to risk breaking
the aircraft and causing a faster sinking.
Chris
> On 20 Apr 18, at 06:29, Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> That's the difference between Sully and the younger simulator trained pilots.
> He know to put the tail in first.
>
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