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Old 12th August 2009 | 00:37
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Mad (Flt) Scientist
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The London City G/S is 5.5 deg

So to be under 500fpm descent rate would be less than about 5200fpm airspeed in still air. Which is about 52 knots. A tad slow for the typical aircraft there ....
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