41. The definition means that the aircraft has a slow landing speed and short landing roll in the event of an engine failure. 42. Its landing speed was some greater than previous bombers and it had a tendency to pitch up and strike its tail upon landing. 43. The lack of a horizontal stabilizer meant that flaps cannot be used, resulting in a long takeoff run and a high landing speed . 44. This same short span produced very little lift at low speed, which resulted in extremely long take-off runs and frighteningly high landing speeds . 45. The aircraft proved hard to fly and land by many pilots due to its short wings, high landing speeds , and fighter plane maneuverability. 46. More RAAF machines were lost on the ground than in the air, both from attack and the bad handling characteristics at landing speeds . 47. Farquhar said the landing speed was about 3.5 miles an hour, equal to a fast walk and almost exactly the speed engineers had targeted. 48. It was to have a top speed of Mach 1.2 at with a climb rate of, and a landing speed of no more than. 49. Four " petal " airbrakes were added to the fuselage to lower landing speeds and the undercarriage doors were changed to reduce the trim change. 50. Farquhar said the landing speed was about 3 . 5 miles an hour, equal to a fast walk and almost exactly the speed engineers had targeted.
