The unofficial way to land a Gulfstream G280

I get that what he&#x27;s trying to do is decrease the rate of closure between the main gear and the runway at the last second by rotating the plane.... But isn&#x27;t that going to be negated by the fact that pitching down increases your rate of descent for the airplane as a whole. The energy of the aircraft sinking has to go somewhere... Traditionally that downward motion is stopped by the flare.<p>Maybe this works for Eric here, the youngest G-280 pilot in the world according to his bio. I would rather my pilot just follow the checklist set out by experienced company test pilots working with multimillion dollar budgets alongside the engineers who designed the systems.

So it sounds like this technique would work for any aircraft with the rear landing gear aft of the center of lift? Or is this the g280 special for some other reason?

I am an extremely boring pilot; I read the flight manuals for the aircraft I am piloting, follow the checklists, read the NOTAMs, chart my course while paying attention to the weather and practice situational awareness.<p>Anything involving &quot;unofficial&quot;, please ignore. It might as well say &quot;One crazy trick to land a Gulfstreamm G280&quot;. I am sure the test pilots just missed it while developing the flight procedures.

&quot;But for the Gulfstream 280 there&#x27;s a little-known technique that will enable the pilot to land smoothly with frightening consistency. The technique: moments before touchdown, the pilot pushes the control yoke forward, essentially flying the plane into the ground. To be clear, it is less of a &quot;push&quot; and more of a tiny application of forward pressure on the controls...&quot;

This sounds similar to wheel landings in a tail wheel aircraft. The FAA says &quot;relax the elevator&quot; but &quot;tiny application of forward pressure on the controls&quot; sounds more apt.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.faa.gov&#x2F;regulations_policies&#x2F;handbooks_manuals&#x2F;aviation&#x2F;airplane_handbook&#x2F;media&#x2F;15_afh_ch13.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.faa.gov&#x2F;regulations_policies&#x2F;handbooks_manuals&#x2F;a...</a> (PDF, see page 13-6)

Yeah but If you goof you make nose contact first and you have a really bad day

Do pilots actually read this and think &quot;that&#x27;s a good idea, let me try that next time&quot;?

Seems like a bad habit to develop, IMO