In a message dated 9/19/2002 10:58:46 AM Central Standard Time, gfoley@columbus.rr.com writes: > It is my impression that the certification of aircraft assumes thrust > reversers are not used. That is, the brakes are supposed to take care of > landing and stopping. Thrust reversers are only to reduce wear on brakes > and tires. > That is correct, brakes and spoilers (which increase the effectiveness of the brakes by "planting" the airplane) are all that are used for certification. When I did the night freight Learjet thing, most of the airplanes either had no reversers or they were permanently pinned/deactivated. Try a heavy and short landing and you could smell the brakes when you climbed out after shutdown. Gerry, you can watch this in action four nights a week at Port Columbus. Jim Jim Hann Waterski J-41 Captain, ex-StarCheck LR-Jet Captain/FO Lambert-St. Louis Airport (STL/KSTL), ex Port Columbus (CMH/KCMH), et al.