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Old 19th Jul 2012, 09:31
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beardy
 
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48 seconds is a couple of miles or so, which makes the descent point roughly 13 to 14 miles out, 3 deg glide path makes platform height broadly 4000 feet agl 'ish'. Descent from 4000 to 530 feet in 48 secs! I think even I would have noticed a rather high (!) ROD and overspeed conditions.

Would somebody else like to try juggling the numbers and come up with a rational explanation?
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