Nah, I reckon he's just been to see The English Patient and wanted to live the romantic dream.
> Brakes are OK, but you don't want to use brakes when the tail is still > up on a wheel landing (as compared to a 3-point landing) - expecially > so > close to touchdown. If you look closely at this video of the landing > you'll see smoke coming from the left wheel almost immediately on > contact with the runway. I suspect the pilot inadvertently had the > brakes applied as he landed and didn't just "touch the brakes". It > *is* > possible that there was a malfunction and the brakes locked up but that > seems pretty remote. In any case, he shouldn't have been on the brakes > at all in that phase of the landing sequence. > > http://tinyurl.com/28uy85e -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
