----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Noel" <tednoel@cfl.rr.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:28 PM
Subject: [LML] Rotation speed


> >>>I recall an episode a few years ago in my Piper Archer II. I was
landing on
> Fort Lauderdale International Runway 13 just after a 727 landed on 9L. The
> left seater in the giant aluminum cloud touched down after the
intersection.
> I made sure that I stuck the landing IN the intersection. On roll-out the
> plane did a rather remarkable dance with all three on the tarmac as we
> rolled through the right wingtip vortex.>>>

Confused low-time private pilot here  (I've got 65 hours)   If the 727
landed after the intersection..wouldn't you have touched down beyond his
touchdown point?  I was told that you rotate before the larger aircraft and
stay above their path on takeoff--and for landing, you stay above their
glideslope and set down after their landing point.
--at any rate, I'm glad your airplane <and you> were uninjured.
Adam