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Old 11th July 2010 | 16:50
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BOAC
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Originally Posted by Basil
However, doing a talkdown on say, a Phantom with the lift augmentation u/s or a Lightning you wouldn't have time to get all that chatter in at a normal relaxed pace
- like "commence descent now for a 2.5 degree glidepath and approaching minimums........" Contact tower 121.5"

There once (allegedly) was a Harrier that came to the hover during a PAR and then backed up the glidepath. I understand the controller spent several months in a Sanatorium
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