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Old 26th Jun 2002, 08:58
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FlyingForFun

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Sennadog,

All the advice about ignoring the PAPIs is right - and, in fact, it sounds like you're doing just fine as you are! TheKentishFledgling and others are quite right - PAPIs are there for the big guys, and you should be above them.

If you follow the path of the PAPIs in a PA28 or a C152, you'll be coming in very flat, and need quite a lot of power. So much so that, if the engine were to quit, you'd have absolutely no chance of making it to the field.

This doesn't apply to the big guys - first of all, they have two or more engines, so they're not so worried about engine failuers, and secondly it takes a while for jet engines to spool up once you push the thrust levers forward, so they must come in flat and use lots of power, or else they wouldn't be able to go around safely! (Or something like that, anyway - haven't actually got to fly the big metal myself yet, so I might have the details slightly wrong.)

Good luck - sounds like you'll be going solo soon!

FFF
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