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Old 19th Nov 2008, 12:16
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So in summary Chris you've been right all along. You agree that we're all agreed we understand how GS mini works, some of us have learned a little about inertia, momentum, kinetic energy of the translational variety and their lack of interchangability, and in the future we'll all fly approaches based on a minimum reference grounspeed to save us from adding thrust to maintain the IAS as this is safer than having an increasing groundspeed throughout the approach. However the practical ramifications of this discussion are we'll still go to work and do as we're told by the manufactuer and any deviations from this approved by our respective employers which are authorised by their NAA all underpinned by airmanship questioning whether or not it is sensible to do so in the present and expected conditions, be they meteorological, proximate traffic its sequence or whatever. Which is a long way of saying what I said on the first page in response to the initial question, when it's managed speed faffing with the command speed then let it do so until you're content however until that day arrives then do as instructed. Which you said you're also in agreement with. Agreed we're all agreed?
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