Colin S Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 I'm on vacation in Hawaii, and we went for a walk along the coastline (no beach, just coastline). Beautiful... then we saw a 747 coming in to land at PHKO (Kona @ Keahole). This wasn't too strange, other than they were still at about 4000 feet and they already had their gear down. When are you supposed to put down the gear when landing one of those older beasts? We thought it was a little odd, and it also had a crap ton of flare coming in. It was a Kalitta Air plane, whatever that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 This is primarily at the discretion of the crew and the current flight configuration they are in. Some like to come in high, some low, and so long as you're within valid speed ranges then gear may be deployed as a mechanism for drag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin S Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Alright, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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