Jet Crew: Reverse Thrusters Failed in Chicago - Washington Post
Do you know if part of that was to limit landing flaps to 40
degrees?
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James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P
"sfb" wrote in message
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| Mid sixties. United dropped one at Salt Lake and another
in Lake
| Michigan coming into O'Hare. America at Cincinnati. The
high T tail
| exacerbated the sink rate so Boeing and the airlines
revised the landing
| configurations .
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
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| If I remember correctly, the 727 had a series of landing
| accidents because the full flap setting was about 50-60
| degrees and if the pilot got too slow, they could not
| recover. Maximum extension was reduced.
| Looking on the Internet, I found a further limitation
for
| couple approaches with certain autopilots. Is there any
| early 727 pilot out there with the facts on the first
727
| and any changes in certification re flaps?
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