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Old 12th Apr 2012, 15:45
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yes, this is rarely a clean manouvre, but often needed at certain airports where the ATC thinks its cool to do the tightest approach possible. The only points I would add to the post above is to watch out for Vfe exceedance, especially possible on the 321, or when heavy or with a tailwind. If you do this in an Airbus, you go straight into Open Climb, which is very entertaining. If you suspect a capture from above is on the cards, slow down, configure early and if you are VMC and it gets out of hand, fly manually rather than struggling with the automatics. If in doubt, Go Around!
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