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26th Aug 2009, 08:25

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VS will keep descending.
unless you turn the alt-wheel reaaaally unusually slow and happen to have '2000' in the window when you're just descending thru about 2030 feet - in this rare case the AP might engage in "ALT ACQ" and then maybe "ALT HOLD".

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