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Old 14th April 2005 | 12:20
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mazzy1026

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PAPI's

This has got me thinking, why do people who fly light aircraft use PAPI's? They are set for a 3 degree glideslope (correct me if I am wrong) and are designed to assist airliners - so why use them? Personally, I dont even notice that they are there, I purely use visual reference and try to build up a picture of what the runway should look like, i.e too high = narrow runway and too low = wide runway etc etc - any thoughts?

Dont worry about the RT MyData - the more flying you do the better it will become. I done my RT test quite early on and found it very difficult indeed, but if I were to retake the test now I am sure it would be easier as I have exprience of the radio calls involved

Cheers,

Lee
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