Hi Everyone,
I'm trying to land my 707 as per the manual and I'm having problems. I'm not a real life pilot so if anyone with real world experience can give me advice I'd appreciate it.
My landing weight is about 220k pounds. According to the manual, Vth for that weight is 130 with Flaps 40. Flaps 14 is Bug +30. I guess my first question is are they referring to Bug as Vth? Then, flaps 25 occur at Bug+20, and finally flaps 40 happens at Bug +10. At  220k lbs. the plane just seems to heavy to have KIAS 130 at touchdown. I have to have to nose way up with N1 at 80% and then I can't see the runway. So what am I doing wrong? When my Vth is 150 I can land the plane fine at that weight but according to the manual that is too fast.  Again just trying to put realism into the 707 experience. Any advice is appreciated.