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Old 9th April 2010 | 02:11
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411A
 
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...Glide Slope and Loc. Deviations no longer play a factor (providing I remain under the Visual Stabilized Apch. criteria)?
Careful there.
Many larger aircraft (mostly widebody types) have a threshold minimum crossing height.
Get too low and the main landing gear can become tangled in the frangible approach light bits.
In addition, for noise abatement, approaches below the glidepath are many times frowned upon by airport authorities.
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