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Old 20th May 2010, 18:04
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HundredPercentPlease
 
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Originally Posted by Giggy
It is an Afriqiyah "policy" to fly the Ndb's approaches instead of the Vor as the latest is so unstable and swinging all the time.

They fly managed laterally and selected vertically Npa's.
Fascinating.

By calculation*, the FPA you need to select to get to aerodrome level after 3.9 miles from the TW at 1350' is only -2.6

If you were to select -3.0, you would arrive at the ground at 3.4 nm from the TW (assuming you "forgot" to G/A at MDA, or something else went wrong).

There is no descent angle on the procedure plate.

* If someone could check my numbers that would be good.

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