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Old 12th Oct 2012, 19:30
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MD83FO
 
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as i transitioned to the A320 i realized how much drag the md80 has.
we used to intercept the glidesope in clean config and configure later without the need for speed-brakes. this is not possible on the A320 as the vfe is lower and its hard to decelerate.

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