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Old 18th Jun 2008, 20:09
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FE Hoppy
 
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Safety!

If you engage the AP and it goes haywire it's better to be away from the ground.

On approach soft over and hard over tests are used to demonstrate height loss and this then sets the min use height.

158' is a bit high! what ac type?
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