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Old 19th Dec 2005, 06:56
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We operate gulfstream aircraft in Russia, and almost all approach procedures are based on QFE.

We are a JAR charter operation.

There is almost no JAR guidance in the check list or operations manual for QFE operations, apart from the Glf operating manual, and QRH. Howver these are biased towards an 18000ft TL, and not 3000 ft as we are often using.

So we change all the height references in the FMS from QNH to QFE, and fly with the inputted data.

Remember we are given levels and heights in Metres...

The radar vector to GS intercept is often 1000ft AGL.....

Fun is not the word I used last night...

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