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'Lo all!

You just know I couldn't let this one go.  ;D

OK; first couple of attempts at landing didn't go too well; so I loaded 'er up and tried again.
The trick to short-landing something big like the 737 isn't to get her as low and slow as possible; trying to pull out of a nose-down dive t 170kias will just stall her. You need to rotate carefully; keeping an eye on your AOA. So here we go:

Approaching the field very cautiously; everything out except spoilers:



Over the edge @ 165kias:



Flaring high to control the AoA:



Hard touchdown at runway's midpoint:



Full on the spoilers and reverse thrust; stand on the toe brakes and hang on!!!

Ran off the end of the runway; coming to a stop about 50m. past:


Whoo!
OK; next runway!!!!

WOW  :o !

yeeeeehaaa..that's fantastic

You rock man! You really do! Respect!  ;D

What a landing, done by a real pro. Nice textures as well. Great job.

Wow. I'm glad you got everyone safe! Great shots. What airport is that, by the way?

Wow. I'm glad you got everyone safe! Great shots. What airport is that, by the way?

It's St. Stephans; in Switzerland. Mind; it's not original scenery; it's an addon. All the info (and Omag's original challenge) is here.

It's St. Stephans; in Switzerland. Mind; it's not original scenery; it's an addon. All the info (and Omag's original challenge) is here.

Nice landing, and nice pics. Im still trying the challenge, its easy getting out of the valley, but i still can't even manage to land a fighter in it.   :-/

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Nice landing, and nice pics. Im still trying the challenge, its easy getting out of the valley, but i still can't even manage to land a fighter in it.

'Lo all!

I've been working on this a bit more; it seems to me running off the end of the runway is still not completing the challenge - so I improved my stopping position a little. (After about 25 crashes. )




Cheers!

Truly a great bit of flying!