Originally Posted by
Waves
Did you notice how it jarred the right flap section? They kind of move anyway, but generally not that much. I saw a Luftansa A-340 hit so hard that it actually bounced back up about 50 feet. I thought they were going off the runway, but they managed to regain control. Looks like this 747 pilot realized his late flare and tried to fix it, but too late. I'm sure glad I've never done anything like that; not even twice!
Ok, Ok, my third landing in the 88 was so hard that I think it may have changed the orbit of the earth.
I think I saw this in Die Hard 2 or something, probably somebody adjusted the ILS or something so that the airplanes would hit the ground rather than land.
When I was new on the 88 I had my best landings but then one day, I bounced. And I do mean bounced. Not bounced on the struts but the wheels on the ground, but God made me do it again. Luckily I haven't done it since but unfortunately for me one of the passengers gave me hell about it and smiled about it the whole time.
The passenger, I kid you not, SRQ-ATL and sitting in coach:
Gave me that look with sunglasses on. If I was quicker I could have said "Captain Kirk wouldn't have done that..."
But word to the wise you commuters, need to catch your commute out of ATL? Gate probably occupied? Desperate? Minimize your flare. Greasers are guaranteed to send you to the penalty block waiting for a gate until 20 minutes after you were due in and all the passengers get off mad and nobody says nice landing. Slam it in, gate's open, everyone gives you the evil eye. It's the funniest thing.