Aer Lingus A320 Unusual Landing?

charliehotel

Fuselage rotates upwards upon landing, is this common ?

knucklehead6

charliehotel wrote: »

Fuselage rotates upwards upon landing, is this common ?

You mean Flar(e)ing?

bluecode

Nothing unusual there. Looks a bit gusty that's all. A normal landing involves pulling back to 'flare' keeping the nosewheel off the runway for a bit. It was just held off slightly longer on that landing.

Cessna_Pilot

Wait till the 'Mail get wind of this

charliehotel

knucklehead6 wrote: »

You mean Flar(e)ing?

I mean rotating.

Just to clarify. I mean the verb, not the noun.

knucklehead6

charliehotel wrote: »

I mean rotating.

Just to clarify. I mean the verb, not the noun.

In landing its flaring. Land with the main bogeys first, then the nose wheel.

Lapin

charliehotel wrote: »

Fuselage rotates upwards upon landing, is this common ?

Its not only common. Its standard practice for most aircraft.

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charliehotel wrote: »

Fuselage rotates upwards upon landing, is this common ?

That was a good landing

Skuxx

Yup perfectly normal! If you didn't do this you could land on the nose gear first and that wouldn't be a great idea!!
When your in the cockpit of a bus it'll tell you "retard....retard...." thats when you pull the nose up slightly!!

Bsal

In the A320 series aircraft and maybe A330 when the spoilers deploy on touchdown there is a tendency for the nose to pitch up, all that is required to counteract this pitch up is a bit of forward stick input.