"Capt. Doug" wrote in message ...

MD-82 elevator is too small for aerobatics. Same thing for landing. If you get 5
knots below ref speed and try to flare by pulling the yoke back, nothing
happens except that the main wheels slam into the concrete rather firmly.

Ah, that explains that jaw-rattling, overhead-compartment-opening
landing I survived a while back. Either that or the pilot had just
got back from his Naval Reserve carrier quals.

C