bragging just because
06-10-2024 | 01:55 AM
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From: Picking up the Forta Magnus clearance from Melnix.
I'll get some grief for this, but WTH I gotta tell *someone*
CA and I had 3 legs today, all 3 into airports with nasty gusty crosswinds, wind shear, desert thermals, all of that.
3 of the softest landings I've ever had in the 737. Not just one "oh lucky", not just two "haha go buy a lottery ticket", no. 3 in a row, 2 from my CA and one of mine. Soft like we thought we were still flying when the spoilers activated without any bouncing soft. Nosewheel softly lowered instead of slammed down. Not even any hard braking necessary to make our desired turnoff. No chattering brakes pulling into the gate. Almost like we were getting paid to do it like that.
Someone said something about even a blind nut will occasionally find a squirrel, but... Well. It was a rare day, fighting weather the whole time but the landings were butter. Go ahead, flame on. It was that sweet I can't even care.
CA and I had 3 legs today, all 3 into airports with nasty gusty crosswinds, wind shear, desert thermals, all of that.
3 of the softest landings I've ever had in the 737. Not just one "oh lucky", not just two "haha go buy a lottery ticket", no. 3 in a row, 2 from my CA and one of mine. Soft like we thought we were still flying when the spoilers activated without any bouncing soft. Nosewheel softly lowered instead of slammed down. Not even any hard braking necessary to make our desired turnoff. No chattering brakes pulling into the gate. Almost like we were getting paid to do it like that.
Someone said something about even a blind nut will occasionally find a squirrel, but... Well. It was a rare day, fighting weather the whole time but the landings were butter. Go ahead, flame on. It was that sweet I can't even care.
Good on you Bro!
Nolan Ryan once said "It aint bragging if you can do it"
06-10-2024 | 10:07 AM
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I had one like that into LAX a few years back. Windshear, go-around, landing east, max crass wind, heavy rain, just an all around cluster F. Fighting the whole way until wheels on. Greaser. Now If it's similar conditions I brief "this won't be my best landing ever, it's just a tribute to the greatest landing ever".
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