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Old 18th Dec 2012, 07:47
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JammedStab
 
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Used to do the 5.5 degree steep slope thing as well. We only had it because it allowed us to dispatch a higher payload to be flown onto the short runway at this particular airport. The steep slope allowed a 35' threshold crossing height as opposed to the normal 50 foot height on this short airstrip. The FMS generated the glidepath but the PAPI's were still the old 3 degree type so they were ignored.

For light landing weights, a conventional slope approach was allowed. Of course some may tell you that the PAPI's were ignored in this case as well on short final as they guided the aircraft quite far down the short runway.

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