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Old 03-16-2019, 05:32 AM   #90
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"Yea, the slow spool up on the 727 did cause a few really bad landings. I wasn't a huge fan of that plane, ya never knew if it would give you a good or bad landing."

All the jet engines of that era had a slow spool up time from flight idle..

The 727 gear were behind the center of rotation , so is someone attempted to flair the plane, as they would for other aircraft to slow the rate of descent, it simply banged the gear harder on to the runway.

Smooth 727 landings were a learned skill, not a matter of luck.
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