Was that before they restricted the landing flap setting?
How much difference did that make in distance? I was just a
very low time pilot when that was done, understand it was
because the 727 would get way behind the power curve, is
that true?


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Bob Moore" wrote in message
. 121...
| "lynn" wrote
| Not much room for errors at LGA, Reagan, or Orange
County. Of course
| with AA, CAL, DAL, LCC using LGA, and not SWA, you won't
hear how
| dangerous LGA is.
|
| Hmmmm...I flew PanAm's shuttle B-727's into LGA and DCA a
couple of
| times a day for quite some time...never had a problem.
Then again...
| we former Naval Aviators received a bit better training in
controlling
| approach speed and touchdown point than the average pilot.
:-)
|
| Bob Moore