IndianGuy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (12 years 8 months 3 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 538 times:
I was spotting aircraft from a friends house which is in the 'approach funnel' of the local airport.
I noticed that aircraft like the A320 or A300 descend towards the runway pretty much in a level attitude, and the descent is always constant.
But the 737-200's of Alliance Air seemed to literally dive onto the rwy at the last minute, and then pull up the nose just over the rwy. And i saw this happen again and again?
Any pilots here can enlighten me on this? Do all 737's do the same? What is the correct approach you follow while landing.
LordOfTheFlys From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 79 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (12 years 8 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 478 times:
Sounds to me like the pilots are trying to scare the passengers again. I hate it when they do that
Qantas737 From Australia, joined Jul 2000, 738 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (12 years 8 months 3 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 468 times:
737-300 and -400 are really the only type we get here along with the A320. To me they seem to make a steady approach that's constant. Once I did see a Qantas coming in alot higher than usual and he veered right off the approach and then turned back in onto the approach probably to gain some ground to lose altitude.
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