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Old 17th Aug 2013, 01:18
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That terrain I see on Google Earth rising to 844 feet asl is offset 5 degrees from the final approach course (measured from the center of the theshold).
Fortunately, the FAA doesn't design the critical final approach segment using Google Earth.
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