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Old 17th August 2008 | 01:00
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punkalouver
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It seems to be a belief among more than a few pilots that an RA requires an extremely aggressive action to avoid a collision. It does not. If you get an RA to descend like this pilot did, do a basically normal although purposeful descent placing the VSI needle in the range where you are being directed to do so. It is a 1/4 g manouver. In other words if you were at 1g like normal, the manouver for descent will initially have you at 3/4g. People should not be floating in air.
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