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Old 11-11-2012 | 02:49 PM
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If you touched down at the intersection (900') I'd give you two thumbs up. As is it's one thumb up.

A slightly different opinion about "it's fine" and here's why -

Your touchdown appeared to have been past the end of the landing zone. Explaination at the end of post.

Discussion of grading your video vs. the performance standards of the pros -

It's unacceptable landing past the landing zone in jets, military flying, or airline flying. For a checkride or during training it's a 'unsat' item.

Video of SW landing at SNA(Orange Co/John Wayne). 5700'. Guy plants it just prior to the 1000' mark at 5:10.

Southwest Airlines - Boeing 737 Landing at John Wayne Airport - YouTube

AA 737-800 SNA landing. Estimate touchdown at 800-900'. Approach speed at max landing weight would be 146 kts into a 5700' runway in the rain. Hauling the mail boys, hauling the mail!

Santa Ana Approach & Landing in the rain American Airlines 737-800 - YouTube

Shows why the FAA and airline industry has touching down in the landing zone as a 'hot item'.

Both 737 videos are the same as touching down in the runway intersection at Lantana except in an airplane doing 130+ knots. Excellent job of flying, and stopping, a jet 'hauling the mail' into a 5700' runway. Landing zone there is 1900'. Jets eat 200-250' in about a second at landing speeds. so there's not much room to mess around.



The turnoff at Lantana is past midfield. It's about 2000' leaving 1500' remaining. Used sat view to measure it so the distances might be slightly off. Landing zone stopped at 1150'. Stall warning stopped past that(if that signifies touchdown).
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