mutt and I.R., thanks very much for your thoughts, they're appreciated.
mutt, sure wish I had a digital flight manual for the GIII. I have the original AFM, but interpolating across the many graphs is a bit painstaking and subject to error. Anyone know if such a manual is available for the Gulfstream? I found a very nice one for the Pilatus PC-12 at the Apple App Store (free, no less
), and downloaded it to my iPad.
mutt, thanks for the example. As I.R. suggested, I too thought the higher climb airspeed would result in a lower gradient. Why is it improved? Is it because we're getting closer to Vy, or??
BTW, no real airline background here, just mostly GA & some bizjet avionics and certification endeavors.
Let me know if any out there have further thoughts or examples, and thanks to all so far for your help.
Cheers,
Tom