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  • in reply to: 737-400 – Early Gear Drop #516106
    DMac10121
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    Yes, I suppose that would be the most likely option. There really isn’t much else it could be. It’s only odd that they would lower the gear to slow down, as at that speed the gear probable shouldn’t be dropped anyway. I personally, at least for one occasion, didn’t see the spoilers go up, as that is a common option to slow down when approaching the airport.

    in reply to: Low, Low, Low @ YVR #531716
    DMac10121
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    It may have been a go-around/missed approach, however I had never seen any other aircraft fly that low. As far as I could tell it was going the normal landing speed, as I couldn’t tell the flap position. It was possibly trying to intercept the localiser low, however, as I said. It was the only one. Foreign, unfamiliar pilots obviously wasn’t an issue as it was a WestJet plane. As well, it most likely wasn’t a go-around because it was going the approaching side, not the takeoff heading, and this is about 12 km from the runway, by which point sfter doing a full circle they should have gotten their altitude straightened out.

    in reply to: Necessary Tail #539178
    DMac10121
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    Thank you all so much, it makes sense! You guys are very informative.

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