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Old 12th Sep 2007, 23:43
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Originally Posted by Walrus 7
Ovation,
I don't think the call was deceptive, it's just that the pilot flew an extremely close base leg. In his/her mind, they were on base when the call was made.
Walrus
I'm sure there's a minimum distance from the threshold that you have to be established on final (is it 500 meters?).
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