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Old 17th Aug 2013, 04:12
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Originally Posted by olasek
Again you are harping at this point ad nauseam already ...
This approach brings you to 1200 ft about 1 mile from the runway (in the worst weather), then you transition to your regular VFR flying. PAPI lights should by then be fully visible
I hope not. With a threshold elevation of 644ft, that'd put you around 250ft above the desired profile, as your Garmin 1000 would show you. 8 whites on the PAPI, anyone?

Originally Posted by olasek
instead of sitting in an armchair with a calculator doing some trigonometry...
Actually, that's probably exactly what the FAA does, or similar, when designing it.
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