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Old 24th Oct 2020, 06:04
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It's a good point Roundwego and one reason the Military kept with QFE since when the clock got to zero you were at the ground.

I converted to glass cockpit after 32 years of analogue and it was strange to start with but soon became second nature - you have in your head your minima on approach and on some displays you can put a bar there as a visual reminder (this was 365 N3).

Having got used to screens and then going back to analogue, that was equally strange and took a while to get used to.

I don't know what the AS332L2 had but it seems from other posters that it would be normal to have the ALTA set at MDA - this crew did not and it might have saved them.
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