The wheels shouldn't touch until the plane stops flying. If you bounce, the
plane wasn't done flying or your wheels were too high when it did.

mike

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Steve Foley writes:

A bounce in not inherent in a landing. It's a mistake.

It's inherent in the design of the landing gear and the aircraft, in
order to spare the rest of the airframe on hard landings.

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