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Old 14th Apr 2013, 09:59
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........and the rule of five times your ground speed to give you a 3 degree glideslope descent rate...5x140=700 fpm.
I found half the groundspeed in hundreds easier to remember i.e. 7 - hundred - in your example. ( I know, I know, just use the first digit. )

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