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Old 21st May 2019, 04:20
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YPJT
 
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For the less initiated amongst us here: why exactly would you need to descend at VNE to CCT height after dropping parajumpers? Why not enjoy a smoother descent?
Because a lot of skydive operators know Jack Schitt about aircraft and just want the fastest turnaround possible to keep the meatbombs in the air.

I recall a LAME once showing me the result of pilots flying down to the circuit at just below VNE levelling out and putting the first stage of flap out. Serious cracking around the rivets on the flap leading edges. God knows what the stresses were doing to the operating mechanisms.
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