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Old 7th Sep 2010, 21:31
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FCeng84
 
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Emergency descent - manual vs. autopilot?

I'm wondering whether the trained procedure for emergency descent is to use the autopilot or fly it manually? If autopilot, what mode? How is transition through the altitude of the Vmo/Mmo corner handled?
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