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Old 24th Feb 2018, 19:05
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Visual approach on jet is more challenging than on a Cessna for the simple reason we have very little margin for maneuvers and errors due to QAR... If only we could bank 60 degrees if required, sideslip if too high, be stabilized at 200 feet and land 1500 meters after the runway threshold like on a little piston aircraft doing bush style flying it would be very easy also! Lol. Saying that, visual approach on Airbus is pretty straight forward,relax and fun with A/Thr and the bird even with the damn QAR.
Always made me feel sorry for the guys flying for Emirates and denying visual approach for an ILS in Lusaka in a perfect cavok day. xD
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