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20th Dec 2009, 14:35

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I have seen many guys try this and not successfully. KLAX has a long drawn out arrival that intercepts the G/S about 25 miles out, if you want to. But, using the VNAV profile works much better. The signal is too erratic beyond 10 nm.

Gf

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