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Old 2nd September 2012 | 23:42
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Flyingstig
 
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Our radar only shows groundspeed at the mo and it usually shows them grounding at 135 kts or so - often already at 5 miles out, where almost everything else is still showing 160-170. That's half a mile a minute of difference, which would already give at least 1 mile of reduction on final.
That would seem to indicate that the big one is slowing earlier than the rest.
Would anyone flying it care to comment? 160 to 4 can look pretty fast some times.
This thread is a timely reminder to those that sometimes forget that they are not the only ones in the sky!
Ps. It still doesn't explain the 10k 125 nm out!!
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