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Landing is the final phase of flight, when an aircraft touches down on the runway or other surface.
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Is it easier to land planes on an aircraft carrier with a high flight deck?
matter, because aircraft would sometimes approach the carrier at a lower altitude than even the flight deck before pulling up briefly and practically stalling onto the deck, allowing for a lower speed landing …
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What are the procedures and responsibilities concering landing clearances on ILS Cat 2 or 3?
You are typically (I hesitate to say always, as I have no evidence for this) cleared to land, and are not requested to call visual with the runway. This is because, as you state, there is not time to …
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Are tail strike landings preferable for an emergency landing on water?
By far the most important thing, when landing on water, is to land slowly. …
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Why is a special certification needed to land at Paro Airport?
Less dense air at higher altitude requires a higher groundspeed on landing
The nature of the valley means there are almost constant, unpredictable gusty crosswinds. … The lack of ILS makes landing harder, you don't know if you're on the glideslope or not
And this has been covered by the other points, but it's worth repeating.... …
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Instrument landing: why do all electronic devices need to be shut off?
In a visual landing with instrument assistance, a small error is unlikely to matter too much - if you're a little fast you may get a bumpy landing, or an incorrect descent rate may cause a bounce or a … go-around etc, but the landing is unlikely to be off by a significant enough margin to cause a crash. …