Ooops. Clicked on Send instead of Send Later.....

Read the entire press release. Some aircraft are permitted to use reversers
in calculating landing distance...the prohibition mentioned in the AFH is
not universal.

http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2006/060127.htm


"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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You have misread something. This is taken from Chapter 15 of the Airplane
Flying Handbook, "Transition to Jet-Powered Airplanes:"

"Certified landing field length requirements are computed for the stop
made with speed brakes deployed and maximum wheel braking. Reverse thrust
is not used in establishing the certified FAR landing distances. However,
reversers should definitely be used in service."

Moreover, the airplane must be brought to a stop (without reversers) in 60
percent of the effective runway length. If the runway is forecast to be
wet or slippery, 15 percent should be added to this distance. These
calculations must be made before takeoff, because a pilot cannot file to
an airport where s/he cannot land within the calculated landing distance
under the conditions forecast to exist.



"Lakeview Bill" wrote in message
om...
Just kidding, but...

I just heard that the NTSB has recommended that pilots no longer be
allowed
to include thrust reversers when they calculate landing distances,
following
the Midway accident.

Fortunately, the FAA usually manages to override this sort of
bureaucratic
BS...