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To: Textide
... and holds the nose off of the ground as long as possible.

Sounds like a rather scarey balancing act!

47 posted on 09/21/2005 4:33:32 PM PDT by Jorge (Q)
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To: Jorge

Not really all that scary (unless you know your nose wheel is malfunctioning!!!). In the cockpit, it just means that the pilot(s) keep pulling back on the controls after the main two wheels have touched down, whereas they would normally let the nose wheel down gently.


66 posted on 09/21/2005 4:37:15 PM PDT by Textide
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To: Jorge

terrible :-(

prayers for all aboard...


84 posted on 09/21/2005 4:39:17 PM PDT by bearlady (Bless Our Troops!)
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