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Old 11th Mar 2009, 11:18
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Tee Emm
 
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Reminds me of when I flew the 737 Classic for a German charter operator. The runway analysis for a Greek island required a curved take off procedure through 90 degrees which was over the water. Flap retract height was 800 feet. Nothing else mentioned. Only problem was another island dead ahead at 10 miles from the departure runway with a spot height of around 1500 feet dead on track. In IMC we would have gone in during the acceleration phase.

On return to base I asked the performance engineers how come the spot height of 1500 ft was not taken into account? Their reply was the Greek CAA supplied obstacle charts did not include the island on track. The performance engineers said it was up to the pilots to know about the spot height and turn to avoid it.
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