Greetings, Nat!
  On 18 Jul 97, Nat Potter entered the following ASCII codes for the express 
viewing pleasure of Bill Wunsch:
 BW>> In FLYING magazine, there was an article about a DC-9 that landed
 BW>> gear up and took 7000 feet to come to a stop.
 NP> I believe that with good brakes, full spoilers, full flaps and thrust
 NP> reversing, anti-skid operating, touch down in the touchdown zone and
 NP> flying the proper approach speeds, I belive it would be be in the
 NP> neighborhood of approximately 2500 feet on a dry runway with a head
 NP> wind.  There are many variables.  This figure is not based upon
 NP> performance charts, but from experience on the DC-9 with a competent
 NP> crew performing the checklists!!!!   *:-<)                 ^^^^^^^^^
 NP> ^^^^
Apparantly, the crew of the airplane in question, was not good in the
checklist department.
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