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Old 18th April 2006 | 11:03
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The Real Slim Shady
 
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A reasonable allownace for an idle deceleration in level flight is 1 kt per sec clean. So if you have to decel from 320 to 180kts allow say 2 and half minutes at midpoint GS of 4 miles per minute and 10 miles is close enough. WIth a tailwind add say 5 miles, use the HW as a bonus.
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