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Old 14th Jun 2013, 13:16
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Having instructed on Meteors at M St G and Tarrant Rushton from '52 to '54 then served on a Meteor squadron, and also flown the Chivenor and Changi aircraft at various times between 1957 and 1969 (my last flight in the RAF was to ferry one to St Mawgan prior to the Chivenor runway being resurfaced) I firmly believed that the 600ft asymmetric decision height was to be used to convert height to speed and to ease the climb back to the circuit at a reasonable IAS. So many tried to go around from 600' without loss of height! Of course full flap was not lowered until one was committed to land. And to see some unsuspecting student try to "clean up" whilst using the hand hydraulic pump with the starboard engine out was a joy to behold.
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