User blog comment:The Milkman/Extended Expectations, Part II/@comment-1441235-20120629062602/@comment-4953843-20120629235210

well, we used the normandy for a rescue on vancouver. it didn't "land", merely hovered.

same situation here.

i'm guessing that hovering planetside takes a strain on the normandy's resources which is why it's not -normally- used for mission drops.