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Old 11th Jun 2007, 12:54
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parabellum
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Just a thought. On a B747-400 freighter landing at MLW of 302 tons the Vref is 157knots, so you will definitely get 160 to the marker but are you calculating on any reduction AFTER the marker or are you aware that heavy freighters won't be going much below 160kts until touchdown?
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