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Old 5th Jun 2012, 08:05
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Piltdown Man
 
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I flew a Fokker 50 for a few years. What I tried to do was descend with 15-30% torque at Vno (minus a bit) and approaching 2,000' flew level and reduced the power gently to idle. At 180 kts or so, lowered one stage of flap and when on the glide lowered the gear and one more stage of flap. At 1,200' AAL and 140 kts or so, the power was reset to a guessed final approach value. Unfortunately, reality kept getting in the way.

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