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Old 14th May 2011, 13:51
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PLovett
 
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The chief pilot of one company that I worked for introduced a standard approach that he wanted all company pilots to use. It came from an old Ansett training manual and was basically a constant descent to a landing.

The initial point was at 10 miles to touchdown where the aircraft had to be at 3,000' AGL and approach flaps selected. Up to that point the aircraft had been descending at 500'/min. The descent rate was then adjusted to 5 x GS, the undercarriage was selected at 5 miles to touchdown and landing flaps at 1 mile. Basically, it was 300' for every mile from the 10 mile point.

This approach became second nature as it really worked well for the C402 I mainly flew but where it came into its own was when I was based at Tennant Creek where I often had to night visual approaches, sometimes in less than ideal weather. It really meant I didn't have to reinvent the wheel every time I did an approach; just watch the numbers between the GPS and the altimeter.
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