Morning sah.
The DC9-30 was essentially an airborne Harley and a petrolhead magnet.
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It was a modest .82 machine but extremely flexible especially on approach and at any weight during day VMC only (obviously). It was a treat when ATC said to expedite approach!
1. Position approx 13 miles level 3000. Bleed off speed to arr 300kt at 10 miles idle thrust.
2. At 10nm / G/S int immediately pull full speed brake.
3. At 280kt pull the slats.
4. At 270kt pull the gear.
5. At 250kt start pulling the flaps in sequential VFE order.
6. At 160kt (roughly 800') retract speedbrake. Start spooling up.
7. 500 ft stabilised. Spooled. Landing checklist.
8. Voila!
The greater the headwind the easier it was. If a tailwind it was particularly challenging if greater than ten knots.
We tended to stick to .81 but occasionally pushed it to .84 if running late or beating the wx (or Ansett's Electra into Hobart) in.
The elevator design was a tad weird but explaination can be held off for another time.
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Note: the srs 30 slat was a long continuous unsegmented piece of tin on each wing.