Crossky
A Gentleman and a bother
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- Sep 23, 2004
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At ASA we use ref + 5 for approach, but "over the fence" we are supposed to be at ref. Power reduction at 100ft with power to idle by 50ft (I believe) under normal conditions.
Exactly the same for Air Wisconsin. If you carry approach thrust all the way to 50 ft before reducing for flare, you're already 5 kts fast in the flare. You're begging to float unless you can fly it on using perfect technique. And then you've touched down 10 kts or more faster than you could've if you had started reducing thrust for the flare at the 100 ft call.
BTW 2,300 ft down the RWY is still in the 'touchdown zone'; 1,300 feet past the 1,000 foot markers. At about 120 kts that's about six seconds of float past the 1,000 ft markers. Must have been very slick.