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echo: aviation
to: BILL WUNSCH
from: DAVE BARRON
date: 1997-07-20 14:12:00
subject: High Speed Landing

Hi Bill,
BW>In FLYING magazine, there was an article about a DC-9 that landed gear up 
an
BW>took 7000 feet to come to a stop.  My question is:  How much runway would 
it
BW>have taken to stop if there were wheels underneath?
ROTFL!
The screeching of the ground-proximity klaxon must have distracted him
from using anti-skid. 
Dave
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