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Re: 40th anniversary of first US manned craft re-use.

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JF Mezei is guilty of <bBklJ.68377$Wkjc.23879@fx35.iad> as of 
11/17/2021 8:25:43 PM
> On 2021-11-17 20:58, Snidely wrote:
>
>> (For JFM, there's a picture of /Columbia/ descending to Edwards.  The 
>> angle is chosen to give the most appropriate airspeed; 
>
>
> Would it be fair to state that the descent rate wouldn't be that
> different, but by gaining speed, shen they do the final flare up, the
> wings get the descent rate top drop to near 0 for a smooth landing ?
>
> With low airspeed, they wouldn't be able to droop the descent rate by
> much when they flare up, right ?

I'm only an armchair pilot.  I would be willing to guess that the CDRs 
and PLTs have tried this in the simulator, just because, and the crews 
on the later flights had very much improved simulators.

I am willing to guess that trying for level flight is not useful in a 
Shuttle.

/dps

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40th anniversary of first US manned craft re-use. Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2021-11-17 17:58 -0800
  Re: 40th anniversary of first US manned craft re-use. JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2021-11-17 23:25 -0500
    Re: 40th anniversary of first US manned craft re-use. Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2021-11-22 15:29 -0800

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